Yeah. I know. I mean, in theory I know.

[ He hesitates, fingers still wringing around each other. ]

I guess I also worry about...everything's a mess for me, you know? I do my head in overthinking everything and I get so low, and then I throw myself into work, and...I know I'm a lot. And I worry that if I do talk about what I'm feeling or thinking, then whoever's hearing it is just gonna decide I'm too much. And they'll leave me.

I used to worry about that with Stephen all the time.