I realized people only like you when you're easy to benefit from. When you say yes, stay quiet, and let things slide, they love you. But once you start saying no, setting boundaries, and standing on what's right for you, everything changes. Suddenly you got an attitude. Suddenly you're the problem. Truth is, they never respected you, they just liked your silence. I'm not being difficult, I'm being real. If me protecting my peace offends you, that's your issue, not mine.
my trauma didn't make me strong. it turned me into someone who's always paranoid, anxious, and doesn't know how to properly relax without feeling guilty
disappointed by everything that i thought it would change but never did, disappointed by the fact that i’ll be always fighting my own battles without a shoulder to lean on.
it’s so weird how everything’s changed, how everyone has been forced into a completely different life — and how many loved ones we once had are now gone.