Christ, I guess my life has been pretty peachy. I've had lots of bad stuff happen to me, but never to anybody close to me. In my experience, I think it is much easier to deal with your own pain then to have to watch helplessly as somebody you care about is hurting.
I guess the closest thing that might qualify is my daily struggle with IBS. I wake up every morning in incredible pain, my stomach on fire. Sometimes it's so bad I have to literally crawl on hands and knees to the bathroom to release the razor blades. That's pretty gross, I know. Sorry.
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