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Category: Personal Reflection

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Feeling Like a Burden for Wanting to Matter

I’m tired of always being the one who reaches out. Sometimes I wonder if anyone would notice if I stopped trying, and why I keep working on myself when it feels like nobody cares. I don’t want much. I just want to feel like I matter to someone, too.

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