1. The Sufferer Message…
I’m not a lost cause, please don’t treat me like one!
I’m an individual not a diagnosis. I have real feelings.
I have individual needs, an individual past and require individual treatment,
advice and information.
If it seems I am trying to manipulate you, I am merely trying to survive here!
Please try and understand me.
If you don’t understand please say so, it helps me feel like we’re in this
together!
Please listen and take me seriously.
Please use words I understand and explain what’s happening clearly!
I’m afraid!!! Please be patient with me and provide me with clear boundaries.
I’m the expert on me and my life, not you!