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The advice is, simply, "reach out." That's it.

None of the advice requires the other to person do anything, but you're doing a great job of demonstrating that they /do/!

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Thinking about this thread... I've had another thought.

I wonder if those that're trained to primarily communicate online are trained to do so adversarially in order trigger people. Triggering people is the most effective way to keep talking to someone. Like how they say if your child or pet can't get enough attention out of you they'll do naughty things, because even getting yelled at is... attention.



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