[He shakes his head, setting his other hand on top of their already joined ones.]

No, I know. I may not know what happened, or how it feels, specifically. But I do know well how it is to feel helpless and weak, and to be afraid even of things that would give comfort. ...And to think that no one would care. Or that it is a burden on them.

But many of us do care very much, and it isn't any burden to try to help you.