So I fall back. I deal with it alone. Not because I want to, but because I’d rather hurt quietly than feel like a burden. That kind of loneliness hits deep, and most people won’t ever understand it.
I don’t speak up when my mental starts slipping anymore. One time I heard someone say loving people with anxiety and depression is draining, and that stayed in my head. I never want the people I love to feel weighed down because I’m struggling to breathe mentally.
Jim Carrey never received the credit he deserved for How the Grinch Stole Christmas when it initially released. But now that we’re all learning more about the torture Carrey endured so as to play the Grinch, I think his performance is finally getting the praise it truly deserves.