Don't you bother so much! vs Don't you bother yourself so much!

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faluabril

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I would like to know whether the inclusion of the reflexive pronoun here ("yourself") gives a new meaning to the sentence or not.
Could a native person help me here? Maybe with some examples.

The context is: Don't you bother (yourself) so much! A rollo sandwich and some fruit is more than enough.


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I would like to know whether the inclusion of the reflexive pronoun here ("yourself") gives a different meaning to the sentence or not.
Could a native speaker help me here? Maybe with some examples.

The context is: Don't you bother (yourself) so much! A rollo sandwich and some fruit is more than enough.


(You can thank me later.)
The word is implied in the first sentence. Making it explicit doesn't change the meaning.
 
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