WEBVTT - You Never Know

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, guys, I'm Kaylie Short and this is too much

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<v Speaker 1>to say, but questions it out you. Okay, So this

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<v Speaker 1>week's episode is on something that I feel like we

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<v Speaker 1>can all relate to, which is you never know what

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<v Speaker 1>other people have going on. And it ties back to

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<v Speaker 1>that old cliche you can't judge a book by its cover,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can't judge somebody's life by how it looks

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<v Speaker 1>from the outside because you really never know. And if

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's going through something really difficult, the chances of them

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<v Speaker 1>opening up to every single person that they see about

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<v Speaker 1>it is very rare and honestly just impossible. Like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a very open person. That's why my album is called

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<v Speaker 1>Open Book, and I write about all of these things

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<v Speaker 1>that are very um, you know, very personal to me

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of the difficult things I've gone through.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's still there's so much like that really only

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<v Speaker 1>scratches the surface of the things that I deal with.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have had a really crazy past few weeks

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with some family stuff, and it's just it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>because like, okay, so, like you have somebody who isn't

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<v Speaker 1>responsive or they have to call out of work, or um,

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<v Speaker 1>they just they do something to quote unquote let you down,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're like, oh, you know, I just had some

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<v Speaker 1>family drama. And it's so easy to assume like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>like we all have family drama, but when somebody says

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<v Speaker 1>something like that, like it could be huge, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I know people who have said something like

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<v Speaker 1>that when they found out that their mom had cancer

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<v Speaker 1>because they just don't want to get into it. And also,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't really owe anybody an explanat planation when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to something like that. And it just got me

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about all the times in my life that I've

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<v Speaker 1>been presenting as I was living a life that was

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<v Speaker 1>not anywhere close to what was actually going on. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's this person I follow on Instagram named mix zas

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<v Speaker 1>On and she's so great. She's very like um body

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<v Speaker 1>positivity focus. She's in recovery from a needing disorder and

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<v Speaker 1>just post these very like real raw things. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>so important to see people without filters, because I find

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<v Speaker 1>myself these days like seeing filters and being like, for

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<v Speaker 1>like the first time in my life, being like, should

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<v Speaker 1>I like do something in my face? Like sho, should

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<v Speaker 1>I get something fixed? And it's like because I'm seeing

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<v Speaker 1>people with not real faces and then you see them

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<v Speaker 1>in person, You're like, wow, that is not what you

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<v Speaker 1>look like. And that's like a microcosm for this greater issue.

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<v Speaker 1>But um Mick posted a thing like a real that

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<v Speaker 1>was like what was happening when these photos were taken?

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<v Speaker 1>And it was like the story behind these photos. And

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<v Speaker 1>one of them was like a picture of her looking

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<v Speaker 1>super happy on a boat and like in a bathing suit,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was like I hadn't eaten for three days,

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<v Speaker 1>and I um photo shopped the ship out of this

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<v Speaker 1>like face doing the ship out of it, and you

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<v Speaker 1>just don't realize that that's happening because it's like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I know that we all know this about Instagram. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that we know that it's people's highlight reel, but

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<v Speaker 1>you just you just the more you think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>the more layers, the more like just insane. It gets

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<v Speaker 1>to like the extent that of which we do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I was looking back at some of my

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<v Speaker 1>old Instagram posts and I was like thinking about the

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<v Speaker 1>story behind them and the things that we're going on,

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<v Speaker 1>and it just doesn't line up to what I'm posting

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram. And also, like I don't know what the

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<v Speaker 1>solution is in that sense, because it's like do you

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<v Speaker 1>post something on Instagram and be like, I'm having the

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<v Speaker 1>worst time ever. Here's all this stuff that's going on

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<v Speaker 1>with me, Like it's not really anybody's business. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that the solution isn't so much like it's not

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<v Speaker 1>so much too like be completely transparent, but it's to

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<v Speaker 1>understand that everybody else isn't going to be completely transparent

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<v Speaker 1>and that's okay, and to just treat people with you know, compassion.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to share some specific examples when we

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<v Speaker 1>come back about times that this has happened to me

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<v Speaker 1>and tell the story behind some of my Instagram posts. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we are back, and I've told this story before on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast because it just feels like such a like

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<v Speaker 1>great example of this. Then you know, you never know

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<v Speaker 1>what people have going on phenomena. But um, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a time like right after my sister passed away and

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to alter because I had to return

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<v Speaker 1>something and I was just like I was a zombie,

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<v Speaker 1>like I was not functioning. It was like the first

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<v Speaker 1>time I think i'd like honestly like got like put

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<v Speaker 1>on pants in days like I've just been like in

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<v Speaker 1>a robe, crying and like not eating and not in

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<v Speaker 1>like an eating disorder way, but like in a um

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<v Speaker 1>just like forgetting that I had bodily needs, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like not showering, like just worst worst, like just completely

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<v Speaker 1>let myself go. And I had to go to Alta

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<v Speaker 1>and so I remember like just being in a daze

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<v Speaker 1>and just not like just being so foggy and out

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<v Speaker 1>of it. And I walked the door and somebody held

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<v Speaker 1>the door for me and I didn't notice, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were like, um, you're supposed to say thank you, and

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<v Speaker 1>I just looked at them and I was like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god. I could just like because what you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like I could unload on them right then and I

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<v Speaker 1>could be like, Okay, well, you know, three days ago,

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<v Speaker 1>my sister just died and left two children orphan, and

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm stressed because I think I'm gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>take them in one day and I'm absolutely unraveling and

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<v Speaker 1>the funerals in two days and I'm flying out tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>So like, but I'm not going to say all that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the fucking persons business. But they chose to

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<v Speaker 1>like react. You just don't know. Someone cuts you off

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<v Speaker 1>in traffic. Maybe they're like on their way to the

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<v Speaker 1>hospital and like or they're like running late to something

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<v Speaker 1>really really important, and you just like it's just not

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<v Speaker 1>worth it to assume that everything is a personal front

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<v Speaker 1>because so much, so often it has so much less

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<v Speaker 1>to do with you and more to do with what's

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<v Speaker 1>going on in that person's life, And especially if it's

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<v Speaker 1>somebody you don't know very well. It's like if someone

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<v Speaker 1>isn't responding to your text messages. This is my biggest

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<v Speaker 1>pet peeve is when like people are like very quick

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<v Speaker 1>to get upset with someone for not responding, because like

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<v Speaker 1>if I don't respond to text messages, which I know

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<v Speaker 1>I'm bad at it, but like I'm constantly overwhelmed, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is the first thing to fall to the wayside

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<v Speaker 1>is responding because I just like get really anxious looking

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<v Speaker 1>at my phone, and in order to function in like

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<v Speaker 1>real life, which at the end of the day is

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<v Speaker 1>what matters, I need to like put my phone down,

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<v Speaker 1>or like, if I have it, put it on, do

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<v Speaker 1>not just sturt u and play a crossword puzzle like

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<v Speaker 1>that's I'm not I'm actually not on my phone twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four seven. So people are like you can respond you're

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<v Speaker 1>on your phone. I'm like, I'm not. I'm literally not.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate I hate being on my phone unless I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing a like word or a cross word, like I

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<v Speaker 1>love reading books, like physical books, Like I don't like

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<v Speaker 1>the books that much because I have to look at

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<v Speaker 1>a screen to do it. So like, if I want

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<v Speaker 1>to unlind, I'm reading a physical book, Like, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to look at a screen if I don't have to.

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<v Speaker 1>And so like that was just I mean, it gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a wake up call because I was irritated at

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<v Speaker 1>that person obviously, but the real, the real lesson there

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<v Speaker 1>to me was like, oh my god, if somebody's ever

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<v Speaker 1>rude to me and like doesn't wave back or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't hold the door or whatever, like they could be

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<v Speaker 1>having the worst day of their life. You just literally

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<v Speaker 1>never know. And so I, in um the spirit of

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<v Speaker 1>what mix Sason did, I wanted to go through some

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<v Speaker 1>of my old instagrams and like talk about what was

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<v Speaker 1>going on. So there's this one that I posted on

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<v Speaker 1>May and I had just gotten to play the rheyman

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<v Speaker 1>um it was it was the first time I ever

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<v Speaker 1>played the Rhememan. It was for opera country classics. So

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<v Speaker 1>I covered like two old school country songs. I did

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<v Speaker 1>um it Wasn't God who made Hockey took Angels? And

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<v Speaker 1>I did uh oh to Billy Jump. It was so

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<v Speaker 1>fun and it was like absolutely magical, and I loved

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<v Speaker 1>my outfit. I was wearing these hollographic go go boots

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<v Speaker 1>and I looked like really sixties, and I, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>post a caption about how I was like so happy

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<v Speaker 1>and like felt so loved and it was like the

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<v Speaker 1>best sound I'd ever felt like or heard on stage,

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<v Speaker 1>and all that was true. But also I had just

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<v Speaker 1>broken up with my boyfriend of six years and had

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<v Speaker 1>like three days before, you know, had him get physical

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<v Speaker 1>and like shake me up against the bathtub and after

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<v Speaker 1>cheating on me, and I'm like absolutely unraveling, and I

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<v Speaker 1>found this bright bought in the middle of everything. But

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<v Speaker 1>they also like when you're looking at that picture, you

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<v Speaker 1>can't see that my best friend at the time got

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<v Speaker 1>angry at me for saying yes to playing the rieman

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<v Speaker 1>because I was missing out on her birthday dinner and

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<v Speaker 1>like was pissed at me. And so I'm like trying

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<v Speaker 1>to balance all of that, and I'm like watching this

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<v Speaker 1>friendship kind of deteriorate, and I'm watching this like relationship

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<v Speaker 1>deteriorate and feeling all this pressure. But I just post

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<v Speaker 1>something my cute outfit talking about how much I love

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<v Speaker 1>playing the Raemen and you just don't fucking no right.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's like so many more examples of this. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely feel like the breakup was a big part

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<v Speaker 1>of that. UM. I mean, there's like there's been times

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<v Speaker 1>that I've posted something on Instagram, like I played this. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>The first time I ever posted my song Lullaby was

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<v Speaker 1>September and I was feeling so low, Like that was

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<v Speaker 1>probably the worst point of that breakup for me. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it had like sunk in at that point, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was just at home crying in front of my piano,

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<v Speaker 1>which was one of my former favorite activities. It still

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<v Speaker 1>happens every once in a while. UM, but yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>was like a really really really bad time. Oh and

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<v Speaker 1>then also like a lot of drama happens around the Rheman.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was the next time I played the Rheman

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<v Speaker 1>was in December, and this one, I suppose I was

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<v Speaker 1>a little honest, but it was like December, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>life is a lot of things, messy, magic, overwhelming, but

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<v Speaker 1>mostly it's beautiful. And the messy part I was referring

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<v Speaker 1>to was the fact that the night that I played

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<v Speaker 1>The Rheman and was celebrating and during my very special

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<v Speaker 1>red Billbona Satin Pants, I went out to a bar

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<v Speaker 1>with my friend, ran into my ex boyfriend for like

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<v Speaker 1>one of the first time since we broke up, and

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<v Speaker 1>went home with him and had like a horrible evening

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<v Speaker 1>where we just like it was, I mean, we hooked up,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was just like clearly me hurting myself on

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<v Speaker 1>purpose by doing that. There was nothing like truly intimate

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<v Speaker 1>about it. It It was like me going over there so

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<v Speaker 1>I could like have someone treat me as shitty as

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<v Speaker 1>I felt like I deserved to be treated at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, supposed to keep picture in front of

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<v Speaker 1>the Rhyman God. The Ryman was like a dramatic time um.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I mean, I was pretty publicly open when

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<v Speaker 1>my sister passed away, But the week that someone dies

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<v Speaker 1>isn't when you feel the worst about it. You're honestly

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<v Speaker 1>still processing, so you just like, I mean, the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>example of that, though, was when I shot the Awake

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<v Speaker 1>Pop mix music video that was two days after my

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<v Speaker 1>sister had died, and I had to like be in

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<v Speaker 1>a music video, so I really really had to turn

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<v Speaker 1>on the like I'm fake happy for this music video thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and you just don't you don't see that. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>see the fact that I was like crying in my

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<v Speaker 1>car for two hours before we shot and I had

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<v Speaker 1>to retouch my makeup and was reading tabloid articles about

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<v Speaker 1>her dying while I'm on the music video shoot. It

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<v Speaker 1>was like the most surreal thing ever and you just

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<v Speaker 1>you just don't freaking no. And then, um, well another

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<v Speaker 1>another big one was on my birthday in or twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry my birthday and twenty nineteen, I turned and um

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<v Speaker 1>the night you know, I'm posting about my Sex and

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<v Speaker 1>the City theme birthday party and how fun it was

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<v Speaker 1>and had such a blast, And the truth of it was,

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<v Speaker 1>I had Yeah, I was thanks for all the birthday wishes, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>It's probably the best birthday party I've ever had. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>We put on our carry Bradshaw best, drank too many cosmos,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got iced in one of my presents, like ice.

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<v Speaker 1>So so thankful to my friends for always being willing

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<v Speaker 1>to dress up for a theme party, take too many

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<v Speaker 1>tekil shots, and also volunteered to hold up their flashlights

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<v Speaker 1>so we can get the perfect rooftop photo. Thankful, happy,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe still a bit hungover. And that was the fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>In July twelfth, nineteen, I posted a video of me

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<v Speaker 1>and Candy backstage at the Opry when I had gone

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<v Speaker 1>to their opera debut and just how proud I was

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<v Speaker 1>of them. And literally the day before that, on my

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<v Speaker 1>actual birthday, like I had been sexually assaulted. Like you

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<v Speaker 1>don't see that on Instagram, And that was like one

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<v Speaker 1>of the worst mental places I've ever been in because

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<v Speaker 1>so much of it was outside of my mind and

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<v Speaker 1>it was just like my body reacting. Like when I

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<v Speaker 1>drove to the opera that night to go see Candy,

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<v Speaker 1>I blacked out on the highway and like just woke

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<v Speaker 1>up like ten minutes later. I was like at the

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<v Speaker 1>opera and it was the scariest thing ever because I

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<v Speaker 1>had no memory of how I got there. I hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>drink anything. It was just like a full Like I

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<v Speaker 1>just think that That's what people you haven't been assaulted

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand, is so much of your reaction is out

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<v Speaker 1>of your control because it's not mental, it's physical, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like you feel this residual, like I have no

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<v Speaker 1>control of my body. People can do anything they want

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<v Speaker 1>to it at any time, Like there's no privacy. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not even at home in my own body. It's been

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I felt violated. There's been an intruder, all

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<v Speaker 1>of that, and you don't see it on Instagram. Get

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<v Speaker 1>Just so the past few weeks, I've been dealing with

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<v Speaker 1>some UM, dealing with some on my drama and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>only gonna get into a little bit because I just

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<v Speaker 1>don't feel like we're vomiting all of not even that

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<v Speaker 1>it's my business, it's other people's business too. But I've

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<v Speaker 1>been UM trying to take care of my niece and

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<v Speaker 1>nephew from Afar, the ones who are my sisters kids

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<v Speaker 1>UM who passed away, and there was some very major

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<v Speaker 1>life decisions for them that I think that their caregiver

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<v Speaker 1>is making the wrong ones. And just there was like

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<v Speaker 1>one morning that there were like several warnings where I

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<v Speaker 1>was on the phone with like different um like school

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<v Speaker 1>system stuff and whatever, like just a lot of administrative things,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was on the phone with those people for

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<v Speaker 1>like three to four hours every morning for like a

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<v Speaker 1>week straight. And it's an Eastern time, so I had

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<v Speaker 1>to get up like really early because like eight am

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<v Speaker 1>my time is still like I mean, it's already like

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<v Speaker 1>school lunchtime there. So I'm dealing with all that and

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<v Speaker 1>having a crisis and you know, um realizing that the

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<v Speaker 1>day is just getting closer and closer, where like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to take them in and ultimately, like

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<v Speaker 1>my my dad is seventy three and these kids are

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<v Speaker 1>eight and thirteen, and I'm the only person in my

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<v Speaker 1>family who can take care of them, and the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm that person and I'm the youngest is so stressful.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I'm dealing with all this and like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I have like people bothering me about like just things

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<v Speaker 1>that don't matter and and little little things and then

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<v Speaker 1>getting annoyed that I'm not excited enough about something that

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<v Speaker 1>they told me about, and I'm like, I just like

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<v Speaker 1>I love you so much, Like I'm not being mean,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like that's the best I can do

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Like I'm not I'm not being rude, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not saying anything negative. I'm just like maybe not reacting

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<v Speaker 1>like a truly ecstatic happy person, because I'm not a

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<v Speaker 1>truly ecstatic happy person, And just the pressure that people

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<v Speaker 1>can put on you and and also not ask you

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<v Speaker 1>how you are, that's very hard when you have friends

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Um, I find that I'm that kind of friend,

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<v Speaker 1>but I also try to not. I I don't put

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<v Speaker 1>my stuff on people without asking them how they are

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<v Speaker 1>and also asking them if they're in a place to

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<v Speaker 1>handle it. So it's like when you have a friend

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<v Speaker 1>who always needs you, but they're not there when you

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<v Speaker 1>need them. Like that's the problem. I don't mind when

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<v Speaker 1>people don't ask me how I'm doing, it's when they

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<v Speaker 1>expect me to always ask them how they're doing. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just double standards. Like I have plenty of friends and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't talk to all the time, but then when

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<v Speaker 1>we're together, it's really really special. And like I love

0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:04.680
<v Speaker 1>those friendships there. They're like high loyalty but low maintenance.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think as you get older, that's a really

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<v Speaker 1>important kind of friend because like you just you just

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<v Speaker 1>hang out with your friends less the older you get.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I still like very social and I have

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<v Speaker 1>roommates and stuff, so I see my friends a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>but definitely less than I did when I was twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two and I was like seeing my friends every single

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<v Speaker 1>day and it's um, that's really hard too, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just am like, somebody's a really close friend and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand that they might not know everything that's going

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<v Speaker 1>on in your life, especially because they're not asking like that.

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<v Speaker 1>That is not a fun feeling. So all of that

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<v Speaker 1>being said, be gentle with people you really, really really

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. The happiest person on the planet could have

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<v Speaker 1>been having you know, suicidal thoughts to night before. You

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<v Speaker 1>literally never ever ever know, So be nice to people,

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<v Speaker 1>give them hugs, Tell the people you love that you

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<v Speaker 1>love them. And we will be back next week. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really sure. And this is too much to say, but

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<v Speaker 1>don't go ask me questions you done answer to. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got to say now I'll turn it out of you.

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<v Speaker 1>You