When You Spend The Whole Day Crying Your Eyes Out

When You Spend The Whole Day Crying Your Eyes Out

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, you wonder how you made it this far without shedding a tear. You wonder why everything seemed to come crashing down on you at once. You wonder how you were able to survive for such a long time pretending this one thing wasn’t bothering you when clearly it was killing you more than you realized.

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, you realize something has to be done. You have to make a change. You have to fix what has been bothering you because pretending your problems don’t exist can only work for a little while. You have to deal with your issues eventually — and all of these tears are telling you to deal with them now. Right now.

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, it’s a wakeup call. It’s a reminder you need to take better care of yourself. It’s a warning your mental health matters.

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, you don’t want to leave the house for any reason. You don’t want to plaster on a fake smile and pretend everything is okay even though you’ve done it before. There have been plenty of times in the past when you pretended you were okay even though you were hurting inside — but this pain is too much to stand. You know you wouldn’t be able to follow conversations as usual. You wouldn’t be able to blend in.

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, you wish there was someone who understood what you were going through. But at the same time, you might hesitate to open up to someone because the last thing you want is pity. You don’t want anyone to feel bad for you. You don’t want anyone to judge you. You don’t want anyone to feel overwhelmed or burdened by what they’re hearing from you. You don’t want to cause any drama.

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, it can be hard to find the words to explain what you’re feeling. You’ll either have no idea how to speak about what you’re going through — or all of the things you’ve been holding inside will pour out of you in a long, rambling rant.

When you spend the whole day crying your eyes out, the only thing you want is to feel okay again. You want everything to go back to normal. You want it to be tomorrow so you can forget today ever happened. But you can’t keep pretending. You can’t act like nothing bad has happened to you. You can’t let yourself feel silly about how much you’ve been crying.

You aren’t weak for falling apart, so don’t feel like you have to push your emotions aside. It’s better to let yourself feel. Let yourself fall. You’ll feel better once you’re honest with yourself, once you give your body the release it’s been waiting for. Thought Catalog Logo Mark

Holly is the author of Severe(d): A Creepy Poetry Collection.

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