Being frightened, being unable to ask for help (because I didn't know I needed help even though I was suffering enormously) has always been my norm.
REGINA: Has this persisted into your current-day life?
ISABEL: I was actually taken severely ill earlier this year and couldn't get up from the pew after Mass. Rather than ask someone to help,
I stayed for several hours praying and hoping I'd get better, and that no one would notice.
REGINA: How painful for you!
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