Please be patient while I decide if I can trust you. 
        Let me tell you my story. The whole story. In my own way. 
        Please accept that whatever I may have done, whatever I may do is
the best I have to offer and seemed right at the time. 
        I am not 'a' person. I am THIS person, unique and special. 
        Don't judge me as right or wrong, bad or good. I am what I am and
that is all I have got. 
        Don't assume that your knowledge about me is more accurate than
mine. You only know what I have told you. That's only part of me. 
        Don't ever think that you know what I should do - you don't. I may
be confused, but I am still the expert about me. 
        Don't place me in a position of living up to your expectations. I
have enough trouble with mine. 
        Please hear my feelings, not just my words - accept all of them. If
you can't, how can I? 
        Don't save me. I can do it myself. I knew enough to ask for your
help, didn't I? Help me to better myself.