I reached out first after years of waiting to be chosen and it changed everything
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I have lived a version of this. The guilt is loud now, but the self-respect outlasts it. Give it a little time and you will see.
You are not behind and you are not broken. The fact that you can name this so clearly tells me you are more self-aware than you give yourself credit for.
Whatever happens next, this moment of honesty already changed something. You cannot unsee a truth once you have said it out loud.
Sometimes the bravest thing is simply admitting how heavy it has been. You just did that. That counts for so much more than it feels like.
This community is lucky to have someone willing to be this honest. You make it safer for the rest of us to be real too.
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