[Lance needs a little time to consider how to respond to each of her texts, and so it works out fine that she sends them separately; he responds to them all together though, himself, after a brief delay.]
I know it's difficult. And I'm not sure if this will make things better or worse in that regard, but if you did want to talk it wouldn't be in a professional capacity; it's unethical for me to provide counseling on this subject, because I'm unable to be impartial.
[So it would be more an informal thing, just two people talking, and although he doesn't directly state why it's probably easy enough to infer. Although he doesn't know for sure what's going on with her, of course, he has enough of an idea at this point to make the correlation.]
For nightmares, they're often caused by the subconscious trying to process something that isn't being addressed constantly. Talking with a friend that you trust, or even just writing down your thoughts and whatever might be bothering you in a journal can often help. Exercise is sometimes effective, too.
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I know it's difficult. And I'm not sure if this will make things better or worse in that regard, but if you did want to talk it wouldn't be in a professional capacity; it's unethical for me to provide counseling on this subject, because I'm unable to be impartial.
[So it would be more an informal thing, just two people talking, and although he doesn't directly state why it's probably easy enough to infer. Although he doesn't know for sure what's going on with her, of course, he has enough of an idea at this point to make the correlation.]
For nightmares, they're often caused by the subconscious trying to process something that isn't being addressed constantly. Talking with a friend that you trust, or even just writing down your thoughts and whatever might be bothering you in a journal can often help. Exercise is sometimes effective, too.
[All things he knows from experience.]