Nov 15 • 🧑🧑🧒🧒 Family
“I don’t want to bother you with my problems.”
We’ve all said it. Hell, I’ve lived by it for years.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth… that sentence is flawed and honestly? It’s a little selfish.
Because when you shut people out, you’re not protecting them,
you’re robbing them of the chance to show up.
You’re assuming they wouldn’t care, or couldn’t handle hearing what’s heavy on your heart.
And that’s not fair to them, or to you.
The people who care about you don’t want the polished version.
They want the real one.
The tired one.
The hurting one.
The “I’m not okay today” one.
Connection is built in the cracks not the highlight reel.
And here’s the positive truth:
Your problems aren’t a burden. Your silence is.
Because silence leaves the people who love you guessing, worrying, and wishing they could help.
Letting someone in isn’t weakness.
It’s respect.
It’s trust.
It’s saying, “You matter enough to see the real me.”
If you’re reading this inside our Unbreakable community, remember this:
This place only works if we share the messy parts too.
Your story might be the hand someone else grabs when they’re slipping.
So let this be the reminder:
You’re not a bother.
You’re not too much.
You’re not a burden.
You’re a HUMAN BEING who’s allowed to take up space in someone else’s world.
Drop a time someone showed up for you when you didn’t expect it. You never know who needs that reminder tonight.
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“I don’t want to bother you with my problems.”
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