I pretend to be busy so no one realises how lost I feel at work
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A lot of people replay the same thoughts and still show up tomorrow.
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Whatever happens next, this moment of honesty already changed something. You cannot unsee a truth once you have said it out loud.
I went through something painfully similar last year. It does get lighter, not all at once, but in small unglamorous steps. Hang on to the tiny good moments.
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