The Silent Phase of Growing Up

[Lolaaaa]

Everyone says “it gets better with time” but nobody really talks about the phase in between The phase where you’re trying your best silently staying awake at night thinking about your future losing people you thought would stay forever smiling in front of everyone while your mind feels completely exhausted inside Some days you feel motivated to change your life and the very next day you feel lost again You start distancing yourself not because you hate people but because you’re tired of explaining what’s going on in your head Responsibilities keep increasing expectations never stop and somehow everyone expects you to stay strong all the time The worst part is nobody notices the small battles you fight daily the stress the overthinking the pressure the fear of failing the feeling of being left behind while everyone else seems happy Yet somehow every morning we wake up again act normal laugh at random things and continue life like nothing happened Maybe that’s what growing up really is learning how to carry heavy things quietly without letting the world notice

 

[Ihsan]

Punctuation MOFO, do u speak it?


I feel you bro!! As a person who has gone through these very very good emotions, I assure you it doesn't get better with time.
They say that time is magical and it heals everything. It does not!!
The loud cries you once had will turn into silent cries, the hold a particular moment or a person had in your life will lessen. These will only change when u make up ur mind to do it. When u put in the work day in and day out.
It's a shitty job being a man and it's a job we didn't choose but we nevertheless have to do it.
Always remember the 3 Ups -- get up, dress up and show up. You follow this small principle everyday and in every moment of your life, you will rebuild your life according to ur vision.
Happy living brother!!

 

[Ayush]

Maybe healing was never supposed to look beautiful.

Maybe growing up is exactly this ,
carrying storms inside your chest while still replying “I’m fine” when someone asks.
It’s surviving nights filled with overthinking and still waking up the next morning to continue responsibilities nobody even notices.

People only talk about the destination:
“it gets better.”
But they forget to talk about the middle part ,,
the lonely transition where you outgrow people,
question yourself,
lose sleep,
lose motivation,
and sometimes even lose the version of yourself you once recognized.

And yet , there’s something powerful about the fact that you still keep going.
Even exhausted.
Even confused.
Even silently breaking inside.

Not every battle leaves visible scars.
Some people are fighting entire wars in their minds while smiling in public.

So if nobody has said it lately:
it’s okay to feel lost during the process.
It doesn’t mean you’re weak.
It means you’re human.
And maybe strength isn’t always loud ,
sometimes strength is just waking up again and trying one more time without telling anyone how hard it really is.

 

[Lolaaaa]

Punctuation MOFO, do u speak it?
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I feel you bro!! As a person who has gone through these very very good emotions, I assure you it doesn't get better with time.
They say that time is magical and it heals everything. It does not!!
The loud cries you once had will turn into silent cries, the hold a particular moment or a person had in your life will lessen. These will only change when u make up ur mind to do it. When u put in the work day in and day out.
It's a shitty job being a man and it's a job we didn't choose but we nevertheless have to do it.
Always remember the 3 Ups -- get up, dress up and show up. You follow this small principle everyday and in every moment of your life, you will rebuild your life according to ur vision.
Happy living brother!!

Bro acting like autocorrect’s final boss