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When You Just Can’t Show Up the Way They Need

Sometimes, we find ourselves unable to show up for the people we love in the ways they need us to. Instead of offering the comforting embrace they’re searching for, we respond with a joke, or our nervous laughter fills the silence in moments when they just need understanding. It’s strange, almost unnerving, that in these …

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When Being Needed Means Being Misunderstood

Sometimes, it feels like everyone around you has a role for you to play—a mask they hand over for you to wear. Maybe it’s the friend who always lends a listening ear, the reliable one who never breaks, or the quiet shadow that stays unnoticed in a crowded room. But here’s the thing no one …

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