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You may not have a family to look forward to seeing this year.

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It’s hard not to feel trapped when there’s nothing to do and nowhere to go.

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You don’t want to settle for someone who doesn’t fit you, someone who doesn’t respect you, someone who doesn’t deserve you, simply because you are worried about being alone instead. 

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You might feel like you’re alone because everyone else looks like they have their lives together. Because everyone else seems to be moving at a healthy pace and hitting all the right milestones. Because it seems like you’re the only one struggling this hard, feeling this confused, feeling this numb.

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You feel lonely. Every day and night. Then you feel ashamed because it makes you sound ungrateful.

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You’re overestimating your heartache. You’re assuming you’re never going to fall in love again. You’re assuming you missed your chance at a happily ever after. You’re assuming nothing like this is ever going to happen again.

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You’ve lost touch with people from high school and haven’t made any new friends since then.

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To the girl who is feeling lonely: Forgive yourself. Have compassion for yourself. Love yourself.