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They want you around to complain with them. They want you to suffer in the same ways they have to feel less alone.

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Whenever something goes right in your life, you never take a second to stop and celebrate. Instead, you think of all the ways things could go wrong in the future and stress yourself out when you should be relaxing.

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I wish I could say everything will be okay as soon as you are officially out of my life — but that is not the truth.

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I am slowly learning your twenties are supposed to be confusing. They are supposed to make you question yourself.

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I will act heartless in order to protect myself. I will use sarcasm as a defense mechanism. I will push people away when they hover too close. I will act like someone means nothing to me when they secretly mean the world.

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I am making fewer complaints. I am criticizing my reflection less. I am learning to change the pieces of myself that are adjustable and appreciate the pieces I am unable to nudge. 

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I might not be happy this way, but I’m certainly comfortable this way.

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I have no idea how I’m supposed to get other people to like me when I struggle to like myself.