Comments on: I suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. PLZ advise how 2explain my disability 2others without offending? http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/ Do you suffer from Allergies and Senstivities? Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=259 By: casurfwatcher http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/comment-page-1/#comment-14698 casurfwatcher Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:12:41 +0000 http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/#comment-14698 I don't know of any way you could comfortably make this known to new people other than referencing the movie "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (John Travolta - i think?) and telling people that while you are not confined to a closed environment, you are allergically sensitive to the chemicals in the air around you like perfumes and such. Hopefully they will not be so dense as to be clueless or insensitive to your needs. I can only imagine the agony you endure when unexpectedly encountering someone from a culture that heavily uses musk as I have reeled back from that intense aroma myself and I dont suffer your malady. I don’t know of any way you could comfortably make this known to new people other than referencing the movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble” (John Travolta – i think?) and telling people that while you are not confined to a closed environment, you are allergically sensitive to the chemicals in the air around you like perfumes and such. Hopefully they will not be so dense as to be clueless or insensitive to your needs. I can only imagine the agony you endure when unexpectedly encountering someone from a culture that heavily uses musk as I have reeled back from that intense aroma myself and I dont suffer your malady.

]]> By: Rembrandt11 http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/comment-page-1/#comment-14697 Rembrandt11 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:16:42 +0000 http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/#comment-14697 What a horrible way for you to have to live! I would think no further explanation past a brief description of your debilitating illness would be necessary....especially to your friends and family. I assume you must wear a mask when you're out and about. The very presence of such a thing should alert anyone with a brain that you have a problem! I wouldn't worry about offending anyone, they should be worrying about YOU! I once had a lady come into my gallery, where I used to have incense burning, and she quickly said she couldn't be in there because of health problems. Instead of being offended by this, I extinguished the incense and open the vents. I no longer burn the incense until after shop hours when I'm working alone. That's what considerate people do! What a horrible way for you to have to live! I would think no further explanation past a brief description of your debilitating illness would be necessary….especially to your friends and family.

I assume you must wear a mask when you’re out and about. The very presence of such a thing should alert anyone with a brain that you have a problem!

I wouldn’t worry about offending anyone, they should be worrying about YOU!

I once had a lady come into my gallery, where I used to have incense burning, and she quickly said she couldn’t be in there because of health problems. Instead of being offended by this, I extinguished the incense and open the vents. I no longer burn the incense until after shop hours when I’m working alone. That’s what considerate people do!

]]> By: riversconfluence http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/comment-page-1/#comment-14696 riversconfluence Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:12:36 +0000 http://www.sensitiveme.com/chemical-sensitivities/i-suffer-from-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-plz-advise-how-2explain-my-disability-2others-without-offending/#comment-14696 Say, "'Im sorry, I am allergic to a lot of chemicals, including perfume, new carpets, etc. I would love to see your new house, but I just can't, I get really sick when I am exposed." Or, " I'm sorry, I have to leave, I am violently allergic to..." Friends and family really should be understanding about this. If they are not, they are lousy relations and friends. I just discovered an allergy to cats. I love animals, and I was taking care of a sick friend, and her two cats were all over me. I had a pretty bad reaction. She understood, and the cats were banished from the room, but I took days to recover. She has allergies herself, and knows I have always tried to accomodate them. If it is at work, just ask co-workers to help you by not wearing these things. Most people would be happy to cooperate. Say, “‘Im sorry, I am allergic to a lot of chemicals, including perfume, new carpets, etc. I would love to see your new house, but I just can’t, I get really sick when I am exposed.” Or, ” I’m sorry, I have to leave, I am violently allergic to…”
Friends and family really should be understanding about this. If they are not, they are lousy relations and friends.
I just discovered an allergy to cats. I love animals, and I was taking care of a sick friend, and her two cats were all over me. I had a pretty bad reaction. She understood, and the cats were banished from the room, but I took days to recover. She has allergies herself, and knows I have always tried to accomodate them.
If it is at work, just ask co-workers to help you by not wearing these things. Most people would be happy to cooperate.

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