One fabulous Thinker

You're watching a movie, tears silently falling, and someone laughs: "Why are you crying? It's just a movie." Or you share your passion, and someone interrupts with a strained smile: "You're so intense." Or, before a hard conversation, you hear, "Please don't cry. I need you to hear me right now." And just like that, before the conversation even starts, you're already managing their comfort instead of processing your own. Those moments seem small. But they add up. And after enough of them, you stop needing anyone else to say it. You start saying it to yourself. I'm too much. I feel too deeply. I need to get it together. I know that place. I lived there. I remember hearing those words , "   Please  don't cry   from someone dear to me. Someone I loved. Someone who was supposed to be safe. So I took it to heart. I told myself it was fair that my anxiety could make me emotional, and I needed to do better. So I tried. I stayed c...