Alea O'Shea

I'm like, they said this.

would be incredibly difficult.

Oh, 100%.

And then having to repeat it to my family, then to other people, to doctors, I'm like, can you guys not just like talk between yourselves?

Hmm.

It's an interesting one because I feel like I've bounced between being like, I need people and then being like, I'm going to do this by myself.

Like, cause I'm still young.

You like don't want to lose that independence kind of thing, but definitely I think my family like have just been incredible.

Like I'm so lucky.

Like my mom, dad, and my two older brothers, like they've just been the best.

And like my close friends, um,

um but yeah I think there's definitely been moments like I went through a period where I was like I don't want anyone to come to my meetings like I'd voice memo them I'd like get the transcript through chat and just like send it to my family because I was like I just don't want to talk about it and I think it's okay if you feel like that as well like that's something you take on so much like I was taking on the feelings of my family and like

the feelings of my friends, and then also trying to like process my own emotion.

I think just like lean on people when you need to, but also find different ways to like self-soothe or like what works for you if you don't have the energy to manage all that kind of thing.

Yeah.

I think one thing I've really noticed during this is how much

you need to support their support system.

And I've said this a lot because I was like, I saw the ripple effects through my family and my friends.

And I'm like, they bring me up.

So someone has to bring them up because I'm already getting so much like support and love, like whether it's from my close circle or people beyond that, but I'm like,