you ever notice how nobody really sees burnout happening. they just see you become quieter, less available, less enthusiastic, and assume you've changed
there's something exhausting about always being the reliable one. people start expecting your strength and eventually stop noticing the weight you're carrying
there's a specific kind of sadness that comes from realizing you spent years becoming the person everyone could lean on, only to discover you had nowhere to lean when life got heavy
one of the most painful experiences is realizing that while you were trying to understand someone better, they were never really trying to understand you at all
you ever notice how some people slowly teach you not to bring things up anymore. not because they tell you to stop, but because every conversation leaves you feeling unheard
you ever notice how some people slowly stop appreciating things once they become used to them. not because they mean less, but because they stopped noticing their value
a lot of emotional exhaustion comes from carrying conversations, relationships, responsibilities, and expectations that were never supposed to belong to one person