You Pretend It’s Fine—Because They Can’t Know the Truth
You’re not living. You’re performing survival.
One More Day
You skip meals.
Not because you’re dieting.
Not because you’re not hungry.
But because your kids had seconds,
and that’s what matters more.
You tell yourself it’s nothing.
Just a small sacrifice.
Just this week.
Just until things get better.
But it’s every week.
Every month.
Every quiet dinner where you push food around your plate
so no one notices the emptiness.
You smile when your friends ask how things are.
“Hanging in there.”
“You know how it is.”
And they nod,
never hearing the plea beneath the small talk.
Because you’re good at hiding it.
At laughing just enough.
At steering the conversation away from anything real.
But inside—
you’re unraveling.
Every time the rent clears,
you breathe like it’s a gift.
Like the universe granted you
just one more day
to pretend everything’s under control.
You don’t feel safe.
You don’t feel stable.
You feel like one cracked pipe,
one missed paycheck,
one unexpected bill away
from collapse.
And still—
you keep going.
Because you have to.
Because they need you.
Because shame doesn’t feed families,
and pride doesn’t pay landlords.
You wake up,
put on your armor,
and pray it holds.
Not forever.
Just one more day.
You keep surviving for them. Even when there’s nothing left for you.
Still Sitting With It?
Sometimes the ache doesn’t move. It lingers. It asks for more. You don’t have to act yet. You can stay here. Feel deeper. Or follow it into something else that hurts in a different shape.
Stay in This Pain
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They offer truth.
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What you do with pain matters.
You can carry it. Or you can let it change what you still have.
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The pain didn’t leave—but maybe you’re ready to walk with it instead of running from it.
Healing doesn’t start with answers. It starts with honesty. And you’ve already proven you can feel this deeply.
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