“But, it made you strong”
What people don’t see is it also made them lonely, afraid to ask for what they need, & fearful that if they ask for help they’ll be rejected. There is often a lot of pain the strong people you know are hiding. Strong is sometimes the only option.
What people don’t see is it also made them lonely, afraid to ask for what they need, & fearful that if they ask for help they’ll be rejected. There is often a lot of pain the strong people you know are hiding. Strong is sometimes the only option.
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No one has a strength training plan that involves injury, FFS. No one “thanks” catastrophic injury.Trauma bears a big cost.
No. It made me quiet, reserved and frightened. It made me hide who I was. It made me fear acknowledging my actual feelings because I knew I couldn't control them. It made me close myself off from women who used my "weakness" as an excuse to attack or use me.
This is what they do not want to admit. Plenty of us do not make it. You are looking at a survivorship bias my, guy. I survived BECAUSE I was strong. It did not make me anything.
No one should have to be strong all the time. Everyone deserves to fall apart a little now and then and still be safe and loved.