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Riddle me this; I've known you since birth, but your not my brother. You've been with me through all my trials and tribulations, but you're not my friend. You're close to me thank my own parents. Every step I take you are with me. Who Am I?

The first line in one of my favorite Johnny Cash songs Hurt, begins with; "I hurt myself today, to see if I could feel. I focused on the pain. The only things that's real..." Hurting is real pain. How to make it stop is the question.