I get why you might have avoided the truth, but it still matters to me.
Why it works: Empathetic balance
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I get why you might have avoided the truth, but it still matters to me.
Why it works: Empathetic balance
I understand why you might have hidden it, but it still affects me.
Why it works: empathetic balance
I know it can be hard to be honest in the moment, but this still affected me.
Why it works: Empathetic framing
This puts me in a weird position because I do not know what to believe.
Why it works: Empathetic honesty
I know honesty is not always easy, but it matters here.
Why it works: empathetic framing
This leaves me uncertain about what is real.
Why it works: empathetic honesty
I am trying to understand what happened here.
Why it works: Empathetic inquiry
I am trying to make sense of this.
Why it works: empathetic inquiry