Sometimes forgiveness feels like swallowing something sharp. You do it because you know it’s right — because you’ve outgrown bitterness, because you want peace, because you understand everyone is human and flawed. You whisper, I forgive you. And maybe you even mean it. But underneath, there’s this ache that refuses to quiet. A need that …
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Strength has a limit. And when you hit it, the crash is louder than anyone realizes. Everyone loves the strong ones. They’re the ones you call when you can’t hold it together. The ones who nod, who reassure, who carry more than they should and still smile while doing it. People assume their capacity is …
Emotional hypersensitivity has a way of trapping you in cycles. You notice everything. You absorb everything. And when you can’t let go, it turns into a storm inside you. So you go quiet, carrying it alone. Then you start to resent the silence. Eventually, it spills out — sometimes in tears, sometimes in words sharper …
How long have you been holding your breath, waiting for them to come around? Waiting for the message, the call, the words that would make it right. I’m sorry. Two words that could have healed so much — but they never came. Here’s the hardest truth: they might never come. Not because your pain didn’t …
Ever wonder why some people can sit in silence, untouched — and you, you feel the weight of it pressing on your chest? You sense the shift before a word is spoken. You pick up the pause, the sigh, the faint change in someone’s face — and something inside you starts scanning: What did I …
There are moments you stay quiet. Not because you have nothing to say, but because you don’t want to lose them. You don’t want to make it worse. You don’t want to be “too much.” So, you nod. You smile. You swallow the lump in your throat. And slowly… you start leaving yourself behind. It …
You think you hate me. But you don’t. You cling to me. I’m the weight on your chest when the world says, go. I’m the voice that tells you, stay right where you are. I am not laziness. I am not fear. I’m older than that. I’ve been growing inside you with every broken promise …
Some goodbyes don’t come with closure. Some losses aren’t loud. And some endings — even if they weren’t real, even if they lived only in our minds or screens or hearts — still leave us grieving. We attach. To people. To stories. To dreams. We walk with characters, live inside chapters, get entangled in slow …
There’s a strange kind of exhaustion that doesn’t show on your face. It’s not loud. It doesn’t cry in public. It just sits there — quietly — in your chest. Heavy. Like you’re breathing through wet cotton. You’re not falling apart exactly. But you’re not okay either. You’re just… still standing. Barely. Sometimes, that’s what …
Some days, it just hits. Not like a storm, not like a crash. But like a quiet undoing. You’re lying there. Not really crying. Not really sleeping. Just… drained. Done. There’s this weight in your chest, but you’re too tired to name it. You try to trace what exactly is wrong, but your brain can’t …