Tsholofelo ❤️

I don’t even know where to start, because I’ve never been good at explaining how heavy things get inside me 🥺

Most days I carry everything quietly. I smile, I say I’m okay, and I let the pain sit where no one can see it.

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Last Sunday was one of those days where everything felt like it was coming back all at once. \n The sadness, the fear, the feeling of being trapped inside my own head 😭

I didn’t ask for help. I didn’t expect anyone to notice.

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But you did.

You looked at me and saw that something wasn’t right. \n You pulled me out of class. \n You asked me what was wrong. \n And for the first time in my life… someone actually cared about how I felt 🥺

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I have never had a person who stopped and asked if I was okay the way you did. \n Never had someone who saw through the “I’m fine” and stayed anyway 😭

Even with everything you’ve been through, with all the pain you carry from your own life, you still chose kindness. \n You chose to listen. \n You chose to be there for me 🫂

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Living with depression and anxiety is like walking through a fog that never lifts. \n Some days the weight feels unbearable. \n The smallest things can feel impossible, and the silence around you becomes louder than any words 🥺

It’s easy to feel invisible, forgotten, like no one sees the real me beneath the mask I wear to survive ❤️

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But that Sunday, you saw me. \n You pulled me aside and reminded me that someone cares. \n That my feelings matter. \n That even in the fog, there is a hand to hold 🥺

You are the first person who has truly cared about how I feel. \n I have never felt this before. Never had someone stop, notice, and stay 😭

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Your empathy, your understanding, your presence… it broke through my walls in a way I didn’t think was possible 🥺

Even with your own scars, your own pain, you chose to give me comfort. \n You chose to show me light in my darkness ❤️

That moment will stay with me forever. \n It reminded me that I am not invisible. \n That my feelings matter. \n That my existence matters 😭

Thank you for being my light in that dark moment. \n Thank you for seeing me when I felt unseen. \n Thank you for showing me that care, kindness, and empathy are real 🫂❤️

— Forever grateful, Fortunate 🥺❤️

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