Not feeling chosen doesn’t always come from a big betrayal. Sometimes it’s smaller: they don’t make plansthey respond when it’s convenientyou’re always the one reachingthey say they care, but the effort feels thin And the hardest part is how quietly it hurts. You may question yourself. You may try harder. You may shrink your needs…

There’s a specific kind of loneliness that happens when you like someone a lot… and your brain starts looking for proof that they like you back. You might reread texts. You might watch for changes in tone. You might tell yourself you’re “being dramatic,” then feel even worse for having feelings at all. Here’s the…