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 04:31 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]