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✒️ | And maybe that’s what frustrates me the most— not that the past hurts, but that it feels pointless. They say, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” but what if it doesn’t? What if all it leaves are scars that itch when no one’s looking, a heaviness that no one else feels? I’ve fought battles I never asked for, endured wounds that didn’t teach me anything except how to survive. There’s no strength in this— just a kind of weariness that comes from carrying too much for too long. I don’t