How do people think its ok to give a concert at work?? I got 2 chick's (one behind me, one next to me) who sing to the heavens all dang day. Please, just shut the fuck up. #ijustcant#keepyourdayjob#disrespectfully
My little brother asked if I could stay up with him.
He’s not little anymore, seventeen, taller than me, voice deeper than mine
But that night, he sounded like a kid again.
“Just for a bit,” he said, standing in my doorway.
I looked at the time. 12:07AM.
“Don’t you have school?” I asked.
He shrugged. “I just… don’t want to be alone.”
So I got up.
We sat on the couch in silence for a while, the TV on but muted.
After a while, he said, “Do you ever feel like you’re falling behind everyone else?”
I glanced at him. He was staring straight ahead.
“All the time,” I admitted.
He nodded, like that confirmed something.
“I thought it was just me,” he said.
We sat there longer after that. No big conversation. No life-changing advice.
Just… company.
Eventually, he leaned back and closed his eyes.
“Thanks,” he murmured. “I think I can sleep now.”
I stayed there a little longer, just to make sure.
Because sometimes people don’t need answers.
They just need to not feel alone for a while.
Some people don’t rush to fill silence with words… they build bridges in the background.
He didn’t fumble because he didn’t care, he just didn’t know how to sit with your disappointment without making it heavier. So he did the quiet thing. He passed your moment to someone who had already survived it.
And somehow, that’s its own kind of love.
Not loud comfort. Not perfect phrasing.
Just: “I didn’t know what to say… but I knew she would.”
Because sometimes care doesn’t arrive as answers.
It arrives as someone who sends you to a heart that has already learned how to carry what you’re carrying.
@a4lasade @HerRoyalDupcy Sometimes walking away isn’t weakness, it’s self-awareness.
Knowing when a situation is shifting your emotions in the wrong direction is part of protecting your values and peace.
For her, stepping back wasn’t losing faith, it was choosing clarity.
I didn’t see my friend in church for three Sundays straight, which was very unlike her. She’s usually one of the first to arrive, especially because of choir. At first, I thought maybe she was just busy… but by the third Sunday, I knew something was off.
So I decided to call her after service today.
“Babe, what’s going on? You haven’t been in church for weeks now,” I asked.
There was a brief silence on the other end before she sighed.
“I stopped going,” she said.
I was confused. “Stopped? Just like that? Why?”
She hesitated a bit, then finally said, “I had a crush on one of the choir members.”
I almost laughed, thinking she was joking, but her voice was too serious.
“I thought it was nothing at first,” she continued. “Just admiration. But it started growing, and I didn’t like where my mind was going.”
“So what happened?” I asked.
“I found out he’s married… with two kids.”
That part hit differently. I could hear the disappointment in her voice, even though she tried to sound okay.
“The day I found out was the day I made up my mind,” she added. “I didn’t want to keep showing up with feelings I shouldn’t have. So I left.”
I didn’t even know what to say for a moment.
Then she ended with, “I went to church for God… not for distractions. If leaving is what it takes to stay true to that, then I’m fine with it.”
After the call, I just sat there thinking… sometimes people walk away not because they’re weak, but because they’re trying to do the right thing for themselves.
@stinkygirl10@legitimatetiger Not necessarily. Next time around you could be the mom and your mom could be your daughter for example. Or a friend. Or a coworker. Just that the bonds you have in this life you'll still have in the next but the rolls may be different.
@nickimoraa Nothing teaches you to self-abandon faster than hearing your suffering described as an inconvenience. So you learn to smile, minimize, and bleed quietly. Not because you don’t trust people but because you already learned what honesty can cost.
The one thing I don't like about myself is when I get mad mad, I get mean. Like mean mean. I will hurt your feelings. I will make you cry. I will make you hate me.
Be careful with people who have HIGH FUNCTIONING DEPRESSION.
Let's go through this together 👇👇
1. They get up, get dressed, go to work, and cry in silence when nobody’s watching.
2. They check on everybody else, but don’t feel safe asking for help themselves.
3. Their smile is practiced, their “I’m fine” is automatic, their breakdowns are private.
4. They appear to be okay, give solid advice, and hold everybody down, but when the world gets quiet, their thoughts get loud.
5. You think they’re okay because they’re productive, but they only stay busy to avoid feeling anything.
6. High functioning depression doesn’t look like laziness, it looks like overworking, overthinking, and never resting.
7. They keep it together in public, but fall apart in the shower, in traffic, or right before bed.
8. Just because they don’t say “I’m struggling” doesn’t mean they’re not drowning inside.
9. They apologize for being “too much” when they’ve really just been holding too much in.
10. They make everyone feel better, but go home feeling empty.
So when someone says “check on your strong friends,” Do it. Because the ones who always say “I got it” are usually the ones who don’t. They suffer in silence. They laugh through pain. And they master how to function when they’re barely holding on.
#endthestigma #mentalhealth #youmatter #SuicideAwareness #mentalhealthsupport