I caught myself laughing today for the first time in months and it surprised me
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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 showed up here and said the hard thing. That is not nothing. That is the opposite of giving up. Quietly proud of you.
Honestly thank you for writing this out loud. So many of us feel it and never say it. You just made a bunch of strangers feel less alone tonight.
You are carrying a lot. You are allowed to put some of it down here. We will help hold it for a bit.
I do not have advice, just solidarity. Sometimes being witnessed is the whole medicine. I see you and I am glad you are still here.
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