It's alright to worry, but you have to trust someone when they say "I'm fine". I'm not saying I'm not hurting, what I'm saying is "the only thing that's going to fix this is to take time to heal, and you can't speed up how fast I heal, so I don't want you to worry about it."
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2023-02-24 04:16 am (UTC)She lets out an irritated noise and covers her face with her hands. And when she speaks, she sounds a little calmer.]
Sorry. What you're saying is stuff my older brother always says to me.
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Date: 2023-02-24 04:31 am (UTC)[a beat.]
Aww, crap, was I being overbearing?
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Date: 2023-02-24 04:36 am (UTC)[But he recognizes it at least, so.]
It's alright to worry, but you have to trust someone when they say "I'm fine". I'm not saying I'm not hurting, what I'm saying is "the only thing that's going to fix this is to take time to heal, and you can't speed up how fast I heal, so I don't want you to worry about it."
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Date: 2023-02-24 04:40 am (UTC)[he is unfortunately not able to stop worrying about it, but he will at least stop pushing her about it]