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When couples avoid first aid training due to shared anxiety about responsibility

My girlfriend and I keep putting off getting proper first aid training even though we spend a lot of time in remote places together. We both know we should do it but we're also both anxious about the responsibility and what we might have to handle, so we just avoid the conversation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people are colluding in avoidance because confronting their unpreparedness feels more frightening than remaining ignorant.

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