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“When You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Anymore”

There are seasons in life when you don’t recognize the person in the mirror.
When your spark feels dim.
When your days blur together and you wonder if you’re still you under all the tiredness and numbness and noise.

You remember being softer once.
You remember laughing without having to fake it.
You remember a version of yourself that felt lighter — maybe even hopeful.

But now it feels like you’re walking through molasses, like everything good is just out of reach.
And maybe you’re showing up for work, replying to messages, doing all the things you’re supposed to do — but inside, something feels missing.
Disconnected. Quiet. A little hollow.

Here’s what I need you to know:
You’re not broken.
This version of you is not a failure.
You are not behind.
You are surviving something.
And survival doesn’t always look poetic.

Sometimes it’s crying in the shower and then pulling yourself together to make lunch.
Sometimes it’s staring at your phone for an hour before answering one message.
Sometimes it’s choosing to stay.
To try.
To breathe.
To take one small step.

You won’t feel like this forever.

One day, you’ll laugh again and it’ll reach your eyes.
One day, the weight will lift — little by little, breath by breath.
One day, you’ll look in the mirror and recognize yourself not because you’ve gone back to who you were,
But because you’ve grown into someone even deeper.
Even stronger.
Even more whole.

So if today is hard, let it be.
If today is heavy, you don’t have to carry it perfectly.
Just carry it honestly.

You are allowed to be both lost and becoming.
Both hurting and healing.
Both unsure and worthy.

This is not the end of your story.
It’s just a chapter.
And when you’re ready, you’ll write your way out of it — one word, one breath, one heartbeat at a time.