Since my arrival I have been asked several times to tell my own story and experience during application procedures and bureaucracy-related issues in order to obtain documents such as a residence permit and health card or special protection. In such circumstances I often didn’t feel well because I had to go through difficult and sad memories that made me suffer, and in some occasions I didn’t feel like telling personal things to strangers. However, I was aware that explaining properly my story would be useful to receive protection, that’s why I asked a trusted person among my acquaintances to help me with the description of my story.
When telling your story for practical purposes, try to be as detailed as you can in order to make understand who you are and to activate protective measures accordingly, and check that your details are properly written in any procedure.
