❝ the most people can do is feel sorry for you. they may feel bad that you had to go through a rough phase and some may console you. some of them will even be proud of how you managed yourself, how you pretended to be fully functional despite it all. it is beyond their capacity to imagine how you emerged from fire, unscathed but as a different person. a person who believes less in miracles and pushes forward, who is afraid of happiness being followed by tragedy, who has little energy to persue formalities of an interaction. they don't know, they can't but you know you are a survivor. you know you are a fighter. give yourself some credit. be kind to yourself. ❞
