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Why you avoid friends who are suffering

My best friend has cancer and I keep avoiding her calls because I do not know what to say and then I feel guilty about being a terrible person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear of inadequacy in the face of suffering is creating the very abandonment you most want to avoid.

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