Distraction is good. It's a step in the right direction. You're doing something instead of dwelling constantly on it.
[He stares down at his lap, covering up a few coughs.] You... You're going to have bad days. And it'll be hard to really function then. When you have them... I'd like it if you talked to me. Or even just told me and left it at that. Keeping it to yourself isn't healthy.
[He starts tugging at the bandages around his wrist.] There's no... there isn't a recipe for moving past grief and guilt, but human connection... it makes it a little easier, and I'd like to be able to help you somehow.
Oh my god. Yes. Yes.
[He stares down at his lap, covering up a few coughs.] You... You're going to have bad days. And it'll be hard to really function then. When you have them... I'd like it if you talked to me. Or even just told me and left it at that. Keeping it to yourself isn't healthy.
[He starts tugging at the bandages around his wrist.] There's no... there isn't a recipe for moving past grief and guilt, but human connection... it makes it a little easier, and I'd like to be able to help you somehow.