"I always say, 'Why don't you pick up a book, do a crossword or something like that to keep your mind off it.' That's even too much trouble."

"I've tried to jolly him out of it and pestered him into doing things."

"He went round the garden 90 times, in the door, back out the door. I said 'Have a chair, sit out in the sun.' Well he nearly bit my head off."

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                             Low Expressed Emotion

"I know it's better for her to be on her own, to get away from me and try to do things on her own."

"Whatever she does suits me."

"I just tend to let it go because I know that when she wants to speak she will speak."

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