Loving someone in a different time zone is a quiet daily ache
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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.
One thing that helped me: I stopped trying to feel better and started just letting myself feel honest. Weirdly, that is where the relief actually started.
Reading this felt like looking in a mirror. You put words to something I have carried silently for a long time. Thank you for being brave enough to post it.
Be patient with yourself. Healing is not linear and you are not failing just because some days feel like a step backwards.
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