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Azande's dad had HIV and died when she was 1. Her dad infected her mom, and Azande's mom died when she was 16 years old.

As a child, Azande developed an anxious attachment to her mom and her mom put her in therapy. She has continued with therapy into adulthood and was able to recommend a few things she's learned that have been helpful:

• Communicating feelings, instead of bottling them up
• Acknowledging and communicating feelings even to myself
• Prayer has been the greatest thing for me, more than anything else

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