@Starsky, it is amazing the crap I no longer put up with off people since going through all of this.
I used to be more soft spoken and quiet, but now I really do demand respect even from strangers.
I went to Mc Donalds to grab a coffee about a month ago. It was slopped together pretty badly and tasted like coffee grounds. So I took it back and kindly asked for it to be redone. The woman got nasty with me and said, "It's going to take time for me to brew more coffee" and I said, "Maam, you don't have to speak to me in that tone, I'll wait for it to brew though". She did end up apologizing.
Now before all this I probably would have just left and forgot about it and never said a word.
I know that I have changed because I want to be respected now.
It's like in that movie The King's Speech where he shouts, "I have voice!"
