Making friends as an adult feels like a skill nobody taught me
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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.
Honestly thank you for writing this out loud. So many of us feel it and never say it. You just made a bunch of strangers feel less alone tonight.
Sometimes the bravest thing is simply admitting how heavy it has been. You just did that. That counts for so much more than it feels like.
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