INTERNAL STRUGGLE

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I can do this...

I know it, somewhere inside of me, I know I have the strength. But it's so hard when my own mind seems to be my worst enemy. I know it’s all in my head, that I have the power to overcome these barriers, but every time I try to move forward, it feels like something pulls me back, reminding me how fragile I really am. I tell myself that writing is the key, that putting what I feel into words is the only thing that can help me see things differently, to act against my own thoughts.

But at the same time, I’m so afraid of being honest, of truly being myself.

It’s exhausting, it’s frustrating. I don’t like being who I am, because who I am feels insufficient, broken, unable to find a place to fit in. And that internal struggle, that constant fear of being rejected for being authentic, becomes a prison that I can’t seem to escape from.

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