The Weight of Staying: A Silent Struggle

Leaving is a single, clean thought. It arrives like relief. Like finally setting something heavy down. Staying is the moment after that thought passes. When you realize you’re still here. When your body keeps breathing even though you didn’t agree to it. People think survival is instinct. They don’t understand how much effort it takes … Read more

Evidence of Survival.

This piece reflects on self‑sabotage and emotional numbness. It’s about understanding the impulse, not glorifying harm. There are moments when I push against myself just to feel something. Not because I crave drama, but because feeling nothing feels like fading away. When everything seems flat, even a bit of discomfort can remind me I’m still … Read more

Optional, at Best

I live on the edges of other people’s lives. Not missing—just not needed. I’m the one you talk to when there’s no better choice. The placeholder. The almost. People don’t leave with a bang. They drift away, forget to reply, pick someone else, and don’t even realize they’ve chosen. Somehow, I’m always on the losing … Read more

My brain won’t shut up.

It jumps from one thought to the next like everything is urgent, like if I don’t figure it all out right now something bad will happen. Old conversations. Things I should’ve said. Things I shouldn’t have. Future problems that don’t even exist yet. It all piles up until I feel exhausted just lying still. Overthinking … Read more