A stranger was kind to me today and it cracked me open in the best way
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What you are feeling makes complete sense given everything you described. You are allowed to feel it without rushing to fix it or apologise for it.
You showed up here and said the hard thing. That is not nothing. That is the opposite of giving up. Quietly proud of you.
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