Wendy K. Laidlaw

And that makes it less scarier.

Exactly.

And it's a sign of strength to reach out for help because I think that's the other thing.

Yes, that's huge.

Yes.

It's a sign of strength.

It's not weakness because again, I think a lot of women with endometriosis, I'm generalizing here, have just literally battled on their own.

They've had to, not had the support that they needed.

But actually when you're around safe people, it's okay to reach out to people for support.

Yes.

You don't have to do this.

It's almost like you... You can't do this on your own.

I mean, literally you get the fast track version because it took me years to figure all this out.

but you get the fast track version, you know, these fast tracks at airports where everyone wishes, I wish I'd paid that a little bit extra to go in the fast track and wait for hours.

You can try it because I've done all the hard work.

So there is, but I think that's a big thing.

And somebody said to me, well, I thought I was being weak by asking for help or reaching out for.

awesome that is so it's so wonderful to hear you've come you have to give in receipts it's both exactly but if you keep giving you end up empty and we know the saying you can't give from an empty cup you know we know the you know the oxygen mass and we know all that but invariably it's our body that becomes the messenger to scream out at us that there are certain aspects i refer to the five p's that need and within that you need to be seen heard and valued

but you have to start valuing yourself.

Yeah.