Remember, you are not alone, despite how dark it may get.
You are so…
You are so much more than the heaviness you feel.
That darkness is real. It can feel like a physical weight, a thick fog that muffles the rest of the world and isolates you in a silence so loud it’s deafening. It’s a cruel magician, skilled in the art of illusion. It will try to convince you that this feeling is permanent. It will whisper that you are the only one who has ever felt this way, that you are uniquely broken, and that you are standing in a stadium full of people, completely and utterly alone.
It is lying.
You are not alone in this. You have never been alone in this. Right now, in this very second, there are thousands of others feeling that same weight, believing that same lie. And more importantly, there are people in your life, seen and unseen, holding space for you, thinking of you, and ready to anchor you if you just give a sign.
You are so valued.
Your worth is not a stock that goes up and down with your productivity or your mood. It is not determined by your successes or your setbacks. You are not a burden for feeling this way. You are a human being experiencing a profound and painful part of the human condition. Your value is inherent. It is absolute. It was locked in the moment you existed, and nothing—not a bad day, not a dark month, not a lost year—can ever change that.
You are so resilient.
You may not feel strong. You probably feel the exact opposite—brittle, exhausted, and worn thin. But strength isn’t the absence of pain. Strength is enduring it. Strength is the simple, stubborn act of surviving. You have survived 100% of your worst days. You are still here, breathing, reading this. That is not weakness. That is the very definition of resilience. This darkness is part of your story, but it will not be the end of it.
You are so loved.
This is the truth that is hardest to feel when the fog is thick. Love can feel like a distant concept, something for other people, for “better” people. But your mind’s inability to feel it right now does not negate its existence. It is there. It is in the friend who texts you a stupid meme, in the family member who worries when you’re quiet, in the stranger who offered a kind smile. It is all around you, a steadfast force waiting for you to be able to feel it again.
You are so seen. You are so important. You are so much more than this moment.
The darkness is a visitor, but it does not own the house. You do. Please, hold on. Wait for the light to crack through. It will.
Remember, you are not alone.
