Communicating

[slowmotion]

With all that's in the news recent some advice on staying cool

seizureonline.com/how-to-ta...

[Ian123]

Rejuvenated by all the helpful advice..... fresh air and get some sleep ..... wow

[slowmotion in reply to Ian123]

Who guessed it was all so easy

[ringading]

Can smile at this now

[Seascape in reply to ringading]

Smile through clenched teeth for appearances sake.

[slowmotion in reply to Seascape]

[Halflife]

Texting good news oh my how I wish.

[slowmotion in reply to Halflife]

Desperation is the key we want what they are pushing

[Theresa60]

Unsolicited advice practice my withering stare on them.

[slowmotion in reply to Theresa60]

The in your face ones press my buttons

[carch520]

More patience than me.

[slowmotion in reply to carch520]

Stressing drains me when I cant let it pass

[budgiefriend]

These are the kind of responses that go around in my head which I don't have the guts to say to people who are so rude. I honestly don't think it helps to reply with the blunt and honest truth, as they are unwilling to hear it and just make worse assumptions about us based on what they believe are our rude replies. I don't have an answer to this problem except maybe to make a clear statement to the person, unemotionally and without sarcasm. Then avoid them. I know that's radical, but I have had to do it just to get mental and emotional peace. What do others think about this?

[slowmotion in reply to budgiefriend]

Emotional peace and wasted valuable energy sometimes

just whatever pass on by easy response

[Dunnlyn]

Common problem

youtu.be/O202teOQGwM(Not working as expected?)

[slowmotion in reply to Dunnlyn]

Can get that when we are on the same page

[maggi999]

I spoke to a woman at a community event (film club - a passive activity!) a few weeks ago. She asked me how come I was at the event so I explained that I'd been on sick leave for a number of weeks and I wanted to get out of the house with an activity that wasn't demanding.

She told me that I 'looked too young' to be at the event, making me feel very uncomfortable.

Fast forward to this week - the same woman spoke to me again. It turns out that I used to work with her son-in-law. She told me that she'd described me as 'looking very healthy' and having 'dark, shiny hair' and miraculously her son-in-law knew who I was!

I don't know how I kept my cool! She clearly thinks I'm not ill and I'm just skiving off work. When your illness is invisible people just seem to think they have the right to make comment.