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This chapter talks about how many LGBTQ people falsely learn from an early age, based on their lived experience, that they do not have the right to stand up to stigma or to stand up for their needs or wants. It emphasizes the recognition of how patients might be “silencing” themselves around others because they expect to experience stigma. It also demonstrates how patients can communicate their needs and wants rather than holding themselves back, and how patients can be their most effective self in social situations. The chapter mentions the difficulties in changing emotional behaviors as change involves facing the difficult emotions that come along with emotional behaviors. Many LGBTQ people feel isolated, guilty, and ashamed because they live in a society that invalidates their experiences and denies them some of the same rights and respect that others get. |
