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When someone's in crisis and you're afraid to make it worse

A coworker broke down at her desk, shaking and crying, and everyone just looked at me because I was closest. I knelt down next to her with absolutely no idea what to say. I was so scared of saying the wrong thing and making it worse that I basically said nothing at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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When someone's in a mental health crisis, you freeze, afraid anything you do will make it worse.

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