Let me mention 12 even if there are more!
1. Anxiety before seeing them
2. Feeling emotionally drained after interactions
3. Feeling relieved when they leave
4. Emotional numbness around them
5. Frequent overthinking after conversations
6. Dreading texts or calls from them
7. Feeling unsafe expressing yourself
8. Intimacy feeling forced or disconnected
9. Losing your sense of peace around them
10. Feeling lonely even while with them
11. Constantly second-guessing yourself
12. Your body relaxing more around other people than around your partner
We didn’t know it then but this was the golden age for a certain generation. Every song felt this big & magical.
The writers, producers, artists, labels, everyone took this genuine, unquantifiable energy for granted. It’s a lesson on appreciating what you have before it’s gone🎀
Tolerating always turns to resentment. At first, you call it patience, then love. But what it really is, is self-abandonment. Every time you swallow a boundary, excuse a pattern, or silence your discomfort, something inside you keeps score. And eventually, the bill comes due.
I keep my distance from people who try to make me feel crazy for having real reactions to disrespect or unhealthy situations. My feelings are valid, & I refuse to question that anymore.
i saw a girl on tiktok who said "accountability is so important to me. nobody's perfect, but don't try to flip the script & make my reaction the issue when your actions lit the match" felt this to the core.
They weren't lying when they said you wake up one day and just don't care anymore. No warning, no dramatic shift, just a quiet, almost peaceful detachment.
I don't understand how we're not having a global revolution right now.
There are 3 million files of documented evidence about powerful men who
Raped
Cannibalized
Trafficked
Filmed
Terrorized
Tortured
Murdered
13, 14, 15 year children!
And Zero arrests.