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Feb 9, 2022Liked by Allison Raskin

Dear Allison, I have been following you and Gaby since the couch days. I have always felt like I related so much more with you and have loved following your Emotional Support Lady journey. As a twin sister where we are both diagnosed with depression and anxiety, I fully understand that feeling of walking on eggshells around each other and how it can be frustrating how extremely different sisters (even twins!) can be. We also have an older sister who reminds me so much of your older sister. She is just now finishing up her PhD in Clinical Psychology with a focus on teenagers. We always joke (not really joking...) that growing up with me and my twin sister gave her a lot of experience. Not just observing our relationship with each other, but she was the confidant of each of us when we weren't having a relationship of our own. Now in our mid twenties, my twin and I are just now starting to have a relationship that isn't full of eggshells and cautiousness of each others' feelings and I can't wait to see how it continues to evolve! Thank you for everything!!

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Feb 9, 2022Liked by Allison Raskin

Wow, you're really sharing a lot of your personal truth, at least it's really taking me along emotionally in some scenes from your past. Your sister's and your courage to take about it all (publicly, as it is!) and your - in the present - much more loving and also more able way to see, accept and support each other is very encouraging. I'm a younger brother to an older brother; and unfortunately our relationship is rather, hmm, helpless. Hope I can make something of your inspiration - thank you!

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Feb 9, 2022Liked by Allison Raskin

my younger sister has asperger's and OCD, just got diagnosed last year. we spent our entire childhood not knowing what she had, we only knew that it was “different”. what happened differently in my family was what your sister said: my mother always said that we should support each other, because in the world she is my best friend and I hers. the first person she told about her diagnosis was me.

That said, I related too much to the feelings that your sister talked about, the frustration of not being able to do things with her because of the disease, even now.

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Feb 9, 2022Liked by Allison Raskin

Thank you SO much to your and your sister for sharing this! I really relate because I'm the older sister and my younger sister had/has pretty serious learning difficulties. I just didn't get it or sympathise at the time. But now we have a great relationship! I still feel bad about it, so it's really helpful to hear this discussion. Thanks so much again for all your work! This topic really isn't discussed enough and I feel like I needed it.

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Loved this ep! Please thank Jocelyn for doing this for us as you said she's usually a low profile person. As the younger sister I can relate to that dynamic, but also, geez, I feel ya for being intimidated by Jocelyn. I'm not related to her and she's so put together she fucking terrifies me from there! lol I check my posture a few times to not disappoint her during the video!

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