Jennifer 2 now avoids people who put her under pressure to be well.
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I have actually estranged myself from folks who tend to – you know, people who say, “Oh come on. Oh come on, you can do it. You can do it,” you know. And I know they mean well, I know they mean very well and in the past that kind of thing would’ve been, “OK. Yeah, sure. Maybe we’ll try this hike. OK, yeah,” but now I can’t. I can’t have that, “Come on, you can do it,” it’s like it just makes me so anxious because I feel like I have to, and I know I can’t.
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