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On accumulating silent fatigue while learning not to be a burden to anyone...Everyone thinks you are strong—when did you last feel tired?Some people learn early in life not to be a burden. Even when exhausted, they do not show it; they wake up in the morning, go to work, speak, smile, and carry on as if everything is fine. Because not wanting to be a burden has, over time, become a matter of character. Appearing strong becomes a reflex, and rest is postponed. Eventually, without realizing it, th

Dear diary,Today, I woke up again with that familiar, heavy, inexplicable ache. You know how sometimes a boulder seems to settle on your ribcage, making even breathing feel like a laborious task? That’s exactly how it was. I opened the window and looked outside. The sky outside was not gray, but a brilliant blue—but in my eyes, all its richness had been drained. It was as if someone had tampered with the world’s color palette, turning its vibrant greens and exhilarating blues into pale memories.

To avoid distress, do not fixate; to avoid fixating, do not care. Ideally, do not care at all; even if you do care, do not fixate. The path to distress begins with caring and continues with fixation. We must not care about certain things and must ignore them, so as to prevent the emergence of problems that could lead to distress. Even if problems have already arisen, to stop them from worsening, we must again refuse to care and refuse to fixate. In this way, we take the first step toward liber