The Weight of Always Being the Strong One
Everyone leans on you. You hold it together when others fall apart. But no one asks who holds you—and you've stopped expecting them to.
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Everyone leans on you. You hold it together when others fall apart. But no one asks who holds you—and you've stopped expecting them to.
The voice in your head says things you'd never say to a friend. That cruelty isn't making you better—it's keeping you stuck.
The timeline you're measuring yourself against doesn't exist. Here's why that feeling of being late to your own life is a lie.
You've become so good at reading rooms and adjusting yourself that you've forgotten what you actually want. That adaptation has a cost.
Your mind promises that if you just think harder, you'll find the solution. But anxiety doesn't work that way—and the attempt is making it worse.
That thing you're calling laziness might actually be depletion wearing a disguise. The difference matters more than you think.
Somewhere along the way, rest became something you had to deserve. That belief is costing you more than you realize.
Suppressing emotions feels like strength. But the energy it takes to keep feelings at bay is quietly draining your capacity for everything else.