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How the nights stretched on like a silent tormentor, my ceiling becoming a canvas for every regret, every shameful doubt, every moment that replayed over and over until it felt like it might break me. <em class="nt">Did I say enough? Did I matter?</em> My mind — a relentless, merciless critic — whispered over and over, “You’re not enough. You’ll never be enough.”</p><p id="62a1" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">I smiled because I had to. I held myself together because I thought breaking apart in front of you would ruin whatever fragile hope you still had in me. But when the door closed and no one was there to watch, I fell to pieces. There were tears you never saw, silent screams swallowed by the dark, and moments when I felt so small, so lost, that I wondered if I could keep pretending at all. Is this where all it ends?</p><p id="9a1d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">You saw strength. You saw grace. You saw a version of me that I crafted out of desperation and trembling hands, a version that carried the weight so well you never thought to ask if I was drowning. But beneath the surface, the cracks were always there. Every day was a war, and every night was a quiet, lonely defeat.</p><p id="d6b5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">If you’ve ever felt this way — if your battles have made you feel invisible in your pain — I want you to hear me: <strong class="mx gv">you are not alone.</strong> There is no shame in the breaking, no weakness in the struggle. I hope, with everything in me, that you win this war. That you come back not just whole, but softer, kinder to yourself.</p><p id="7312" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">These past days, weeks, maybe months have been brutal, haven’t they? You feel like you’re walking a tightrope, on the verge of crumbling into nothing. Crowds feel deafening. Solitude feels suffocating. You plug in your headphones, but the chaos inside doesn’t stop. The heavy sighs, the racing thoughts, the ache in your chest — they don’t leave, no matter how hard you try to run from them.</p><p id="073f" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">But still — you’re here. You’ve carried this weight, this invisible, suffocating weight, alone. You’ve kept your pain hidden because you thought no one could bear to see it. You’ve made yourself small, invisible, to avoid burdening others.</p><p id="9930" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">But you don’t have to do that anymore.</p><p id="0a77" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk"><strong class="mx gv">Put it down.</strong> Let it out. The heaviness on your shoulders, the ache in your heart — you don’t have to carry it forever. You handled it with courage and strength, more than anyone could ever know. But it’s okay to stop pretending. It’s okay to let yourself be seen, even in your messiest, most vulnerable moments.</p><p id="c35c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Be kind to yourself. Let your broken pieces breathe. Hold them gently, the way you’d cradle a wounded bird. You are healing, even if it doesn’t feel like it yet.</p><p id="0184" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">And if no one has told you today, let me tell you: <strong class="mx gv">I am so proud of you.</strong> Proud of the breaths you take, even when they feel too heavy. Proud of the small, quiet victories that no one else notices. Proud of you for simply waking up, for choosing to stay, for trying again.</p><p id="0a48" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">There is someone who sees you, who is grateful for your existence, even if you don’t know it yet. And if you can’t believe that right now, let me be that someone.</p><p id="b40c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Take it one moment, one heartbeat at a time. And never stop celebrating the little things — the sunlight that kisses your face, the warmth of your favorite drink, the sound of laughter, even if it’s not your own. Those small, fleeting moments — they are proof that life still holds beauty, even in its pain.</p><p id="2273" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">You handled it so well. But now, it’s time to rest. To heal. To begin again. And I promise, one day, you will feel whole. You will feel alive. 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