You Are Not Dramatic

You are not dramatic.

You are not making it up. You are not weak. You are not seeking attention. You are not "too much."

You are a person whose brain sometimes misreads safety as danger, and you have been navigating that — often alone, often in silence — for longer than anyone around you probably knows.

The next time someone tells you to "just relax," remember: they are not the authority on your nervous system. You are.

And you are doing the hardest thing there is — continuing to show up when showing up feels impossible.

That is not nothing. That is everything.