When I ask you to listen and you say there has got to be some way that I can solve the problem then have failed me unless you already know what else I am going to say. Can you please just listen? All I asked is for you to hear what fuels my frustration, my heartache, my doubt, my pain. Please dont add your opinion, just hear me voice my feelings.
Just listen I can't do by myself, I may be sensitive and scared at times, but I’m not helpless,when you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself without listening to me and understanding why, you contribute to my fear and weakness.
Once you accept the fact that I have a right to feel the way I feel no matter how irrational it may seem then I will stop trying to convince you.. I'll begin to look deeper inward and try to understand what is behind these feelings. When that is clear then the answers may be obvious and I won’t need any advice. So please just stop and listen and really hear what I‘m trying to say. Then if you want to talk, wait a minute for your turn and I’ll listen to you too.