And sometimes, you choose silence because telling the truth feels just as painful when you know it might hurt someone you care about.
Maybe thatโs the hardest partโwhen keeping it in hurts you, but saying it out loud might hurt someone else.
I realized weโve been carrying a lot of things for a long time, things we just learned to keep quiet about because we didnโt want to make things harder or become a burden. +
But I guess it gets tiring too, feeling like your feelings can go unnoticed, even when all you really want is to be understood.
So you slowly stop talking. You shut down, not because you have nothing to say, but because youโre tired of having to explain yourself.