How many times did you need someone… and found no one?

The disappointment repeated until the pain became more than you could bear.

You became afraid to need a person who might hurt you the same way again.

And from that fear… you built the mask of the always-independent,

so your heart wouldn’t break one more time.

Independence became a shield you can’t take off.

You do everything alone, solve your problems in silence,

and hide your needs as if admitting them makes you “less.”

You look strong from the outside,

but inside there is a deep fear of needing someone

and being left in the moment you are most vulnerable.

How many times were you about to ask for help… then stepped back?

How many times did you say, “I’ll handle it alone,”

not because you are strong, but because you cannot bear the pain of disappointment again?

Maybe this mask began the day you needed someone in a moment of fear or confusion,

and no one responded in a way that gave you safety.

So the pain piled up slowly inside you

until you believed that relying only on yourself is the only safe path.

And with time…

this independence became heavy.

It became isolation.

It became distance between you and what you actually need.

And remember, humans were not created to live alone;

your mind calms only when it feels connected,

and long isolation exhausts the body before the soul.

Your need for others is not weakness… it is a human truth you cannot erase.