You don’t have to “fix yourself” or come back in some dramatic way. Even a quiet thought like “I miss being close” already counts as a step. Love doesn’t wait for you to be better—it meets you where you are.
I am fully aware that I need help because I feel like I’m drowning. The hardest part is knowing that the only person who can save me is myself, yet I can’t save myself while I’m drowning, and I don’t know if I’m going to make it or if I’ll die from drowning.
Endless loop