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this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2025
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Someone said some really horrible things to me today that makes me want to apologize for existing and I don't even know how to begin to process all the negative self-talk and emotions I'm experiencing from it. I feel hollowed out and empty, like I'm no good unless I'm providing something to the people around me at the expense of my own physical and mental health. There's just a never-ending urge to say sorry for never being enough. I'll take what they say and torture myself for a while, I guess, as I process everything, but I know I'm enough for me, that I'm okay with who I am even when they disagree and feel the need to argue and shame me for it. I'll be okay, somehow. It'll be okay.You're good enough. That person doesn't know shit.
Thank you