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This isn't a subtweet but I wish people would offer more grace to folks who fall out of contact in this moment. So many people are going through a LOT and they may be thinking of you but they don't have the capacity to communicate now.
I guess because I have experience/sympathy from a chronic illness perspective and people don't always offer a lot of grace to folks in that situation either.
And the pushback is usually "all it takes is a text/short phone call/etc." but if someone is ill/grieving/traumatized on some other level that bit of conversation may be the hardest thing for them to do.
So if someone drops out, comes back and says "sorry I fell out of touch I have been having a really hard time because of [x reason]" I just take them for their word and try to reconnect if i value their relationship.
So anyway, just offering that out. We are all craving connection right now and I get that SO much but please offer a little patience and tenderness to people who may not have the capacity to connect as they try to get through this hard time.
