About your illness experience:

• What hurts?
• In what ways have your medications lived up to — or failed to meet — your expectations?
• Tell us about the side effects of your medicines.
• What would you want your pill to say if it could talk to you right now?

About providers and
seeking treatment:

• What do you want to say to your provider / caregiver that you haven’t been able to?
• What do you wish your provider / caregivers knew about you?

About taking care of others:

• Is there someone in your life who might need a placebo plushie right now? Who is it, and why?
• Is someone you know hurting right now? What do you want to say to them?

About self-care:

• Medicine can definitely help, but sometimes it is not enough. What else do you need?
• Do you have a self-care practice? What is it, and how does it help?
• When things feel out of control, what do you do to feel better?