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    It is important to clearly identify the need or intention behind your statements to others. Making your need explicit helps ensure you receive the response you seek. Some common needs include acceptance, affection, appreciation, belonging, cooperation, communication, closeness and more. For example, clearly stating whether you want information, analysis, advice, understanding or reassurance from your doctor about increased pain will lead to different and more helpful responses than a vague statement alone.

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    It is important to clearly identify the need or intention behind your statements to others. Making your need explicit helps ensure you receive the response you seek. Some common needs include acceptance, affection, appreciation, belonging, cooperation, communication, closeness and more. For example, clearly stating whether you want information, analysis, advice, understanding or reassurance from your doctor about increased pain will lead to different and more helpful responses than a vague statement alone.

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    Making Statements match intentions: It is important to be clear about what you intend in your statements to others.

    Identifying the need that you hope to have met by the conversation is an important first step. The following list of needs is neither exhaustive nor definitive. It is meant as a starting place. Nonviolent Communication SM Needs Inventory: C !!"CTI ! #cceptance #ffection #ppreciation $elonging Cooperation Communication Closeness Community Companionship Compassion Consideration Consistency "mpathy Inclusion Intimacy %ove Mutuality !urturing &espect'Self(respect Safety Security Stability Support To know and be known To see and be seen To understand and be understood Trust )armth * !"ST+ #uthenticity Integrity ,resence ,%#+ -oy *umor ,"#C" $eauty Communion "ase ".uality *armony Inspiration rder ,*+SIC#% )"%%( $"I!/ #ir 0ood Movement'exercise &est'sleep Sexual expression Safety Shelter Touch )ater M"#!I!/ #wareness Celebration of life Challenge Clarity Competence Consciousness Contribution Creativity 1iscovery "fficacy "ffectiveness /rowth *ope %earning Mourning ,articipation ,urpose Self(expression Stimulation To matter 2nderstanding #2T ! M+ Choice 0reedom Independence Space Spontaneity

    #s an example3 look at Communication with *ealth Care professionals. +ou may be looking for Information #nalysis #dvice 2nderstanding r &eassurance from your doctor when you say3 4My pain is worse.5 Try asking for this directly3 i.e. 4My pain is worse and I am afraid there is something more serious going on. )ould you examine me and order any tests I need to reassure me it is 6ust a flare75 r 4My pain is worse3 and no one around me seems to understand what I go through. 1o you think I am a weak person for needing to take medications to control this pain75 r 4My pain is worse and I would like you to help me figure out if I am taking my medication incorrectly or if there is something else I should be doing to keep it under control.5 The response will be very different depending on which of these you say3 and you are more likely to get the response you are looking for by being more specific.

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