I still have a problem with learning to say no when someone asks me to do something or be somewhere. And you would think that after all these years of people seeing me sick and breaking plans that they would know better than to ask me, but they still do it.
I got roped into helping a friend this coming weekend, and already, I don't feel good, and I might cancel out. I should have said no to begin with. I don't know why it's so hard for me to say that I can't do something or I can't be somewhere. But for some reason, it is. And then I feel ten times worse for canceling whatever plans it was.
Sometimes, I feel like I should wear a large tag pin that says, "Do not ask me or invite me anywhere for anything". UGH. I'm just not reliable because of this disease. Maybe people still ask me because they remember how I used to be. I used to be that reliable person that would always be there for an appointment. I don't think I even canceled a single plan before I got sick unless I had the flu back then and it was rare. Now, it's like, just don't even ask me.
I don't like saying no, but when I can't, I just can't, and that's it. And I wish people wouldn't get mad at me for it.
I got roped into helping a friend this coming weekend, and already, I don't feel good, and I might cancel out. I should have said no to begin with. I don't know why it's so hard for me to say that I can't do something or I can't be somewhere. But for some reason, it is. And then I feel ten times worse for canceling whatever plans it was.
Sometimes, I feel like I should wear a large tag pin that says, "Do not ask me or invite me anywhere for anything". UGH. I'm just not reliable because of this disease. Maybe people still ask me because they remember how I used to be. I used to be that reliable person that would always be there for an appointment. I don't think I even canceled a single plan before I got sick unless I had the flu back then and it was rare. Now, it's like, just don't even ask me.
I don't like saying no, but when I can't, I just can't, and that's it. And I wish people wouldn't get mad at me for it.