Sometimes, the sharpest pain we feel is the one we unknowingly inflict. Imagine this: bleeding on someone who once hurt you, but in the same moment, stabbing them back, causing them to bleed too. It’s not an intentional act but an instinctive reaction—a tug-of-war of wounds where the tools are knives, and both hearts are …
Jealousy. Even just saying the word feels wrong, like it shouldn’t belong to someone “good” or “put-together.” But it does, doesn’t it? It creeps in, twisting its way around your heart in moments you least expect. And before you know it, you’re overwhelmed, a mess of feelings you’re not even sure you understand. But here’s …
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In a world that seems to measure worth by how much you do, the idea of simply sitting still – without tasks, without proving or performing – can feel foreign, even unsettling. We’re trained to keep moving, to fill every moment with something productive, as if the absence of activity is somehow a void that …
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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 …
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 …