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Worksheet Sheet Living with illness, pain and fatigue

When People Do Not Believe You

For the wearing-down that comes from having to prove you are unwell.

Purpose: For the wearing-down that comes from having to prove you are unwell.

When to use: Use this after someone doubted you or brushed you off.

Worksheet prompts

  1. What was said, and by whom?
  2. What did it leave you feeling?
  3. What do you know about your own body that they do not?
  4. What do you want to do with this one?

Being doubted does not make it less real. You are the one living in your body.