NO.

Set my terms and STICK WITH THEM.

I don't know how to help myself remember this, except to repeat it over and over and over again.

I need an image, some kind of really powerful PICTURE, to help me remember this. Because it's ESSENTIAL to my survival, my sanity, my LITERAL ability to make it through all this.

The 'no' that is the title of the previous post captures it. Maybe that's all I need? Just, "No." Period. Full stop. I will not go there. Maybe the Green Eggs and Ham - no, too silly. Need something simpler, blunter, more direct, to the point, unmistakable. No joking about this.

NO.