don’t isolate yourself from the people who love you. Don’t hide your problems from them. I love someone who’s spent a shit ton of therapy hours learning how to be vulnerable because the bridge between loving me and letting me in was almost entirely collapsed by her past pain. “You have a partner who wants to give you all of herself, who wants all of you, your struggles, included. Don’t squander that. Because if you keep that door shut and locked long enough, one day you’re going to open it, and then what?” I stare up at him, swallowing roughly. “There’s not going to be anyone on the other
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