People suck. And they feel entitled. And my needs are not getting met. Repeatedly.

I'm on the verge of crying because I live with people who, while some help me meet my basic needs -- others are directly impeding my own ability to fulfill them.

I'm tired of one of my housemates spraying perfumed something or other in the house in common areas when I'm asthmatic and can't breathe. She's setting off asthma attacks. She's been asked not to do this before. She doesn't care.

I just want to breathe. It's really simple. You'd think someone could accommodate my simple need to breathe.

They say if you can't change the people you're with, change the people you're with. I can't, she lives here.

They say if you can't change the situation, change how you react to it. I can't, asthma IS how I react in this situation. My body does it, and I have no control over it. Avoidance of triggers is how one manages it, and having those close to you avoid triggering you is how one manages it.

The asthma is only one thing. There are others.

Suffice it to say, I am feeling like other people do not care about me and my needs. It's not the first time.

(And let's not even get into how much they care about what I want. That will start taking us down a whole different path I am not ready to get on just yet. Even just needs feel like a battle now -- let's start there.)