Yeah, don't trust cops or doctors. They have this magnificent way of making any possible crisis worse.
I disagree. I might have died at a certain point in my life if I hadn't gotten medical aid. And the cops I've met have been nothing but helpful, if honest enough to tell me that I'd probably never see my stolen GPS again.
I didn't say not to seek medical aid, I said not to trust doctors.
And trust me, cops are very different when you are their target instead of their burden.
But if I hadn't trusted the doctor who told me "come in, this sounds serious", I'm not sure what would have happened. And in the years that followed, the doctors were very nice and did their best to treat me.
Would asking a cop for directions only for them to make sure I wasn't drunk be considered making myself a target?