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In Mental Health 3 min read
“Silent battles,Loud minds”
<p><br/></p><p>They call us “overthinkers”,  <br/></p><p>Like it's a flaw.  </p><p>Like we wake up each day and choose  </p><p>to wrestle with thoughts that never pause.  </p><p><br/></p><p>But let me tell you something...  </p><p><br/></p><p>We don't overthink because we're weak.  </p><p>We overthink because we *feel* </p><p>so deeply,  </p><p>it leaks.  </p><p><br/></p><p>A delayed text?  </p><p>We replay it.  </p><p>A change in tone?  </p><p>We overanalyze it.  </p><p>A simple “hi”?  </p><p>We turn it over ten times,  </p><p>looking for meaning where none may even lie.  </p><p><br/></p><p>We live in our heads </p><p>Not because we want to,  </p><p>But because the world never feels fully safe outside them.  </p><p><br/></p><p>We ask questions,  </p><p>We make assumptions,  </p><p>We distance ourselves </p><p>Not out of pride,  </p><p>but protection.  </p><p><br/></p><p>They say,  </p><p>“You do too much.”  </p><p>“You’re too emotional.”  </p><p>“You care too hard.”  </p><p><br/></p><p>But isn’t it funny how the ones who care the most  </p><p>are always the ones told to *tone it down*?</p><p><br/></p><p>We carry storms behind our silence.  </p><p>Lightning thoughts,  </p><p>thunderous worries.  </p><p>We laugh,  </p><p>but still calculate the spaces between our smiles.  </p><p>We speak,  </p><p>but replay every word like it’s a test we might’ve failed.</p><p>See, I knew someone who ghosted a friend</p><p>Not out of hate,  </p><p>But out of fear.  </p><p>The message went unread,  </p><p>and she thought:  </p><p>“Maybe I was too much.”  </p><p>“Maybe I talked too long.”  </p><p>“Maybe… I shouldn't have spoken at all.”  </p><p><br/></p><p>Truth?  </p><p>Her friend lost her phone.  </p><p>But by the time she got it back,  </p><p>the overthinker had already walked away </p><p>carrying guilt that never even belonged to her.</p><p><br/></p><p>So no,  </p><p>We’re not dramatic.  </p><p>We’re not weird.  </p><p>We are human.  </p><p>*Real.*  </p><p>*Deep.*  </p><p>*Sensitive souls*  </p><p>that sometimes just need a little reassurance.  </p><p>A little safety.  </p><p>A little... “Hey, I see you.”  </p><p><br/></p><p>So don’t laugh at our spirals.  </p><p>Don’t shame our silence.  </p><p>Don’t shrink us down with “relax, it’s not that deep.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Because for us,  </p><p>everything *is* that deep.  </p><p>And all we want,  </p><p>is to be held in that depth  </p><p>without drowning in it alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>And when we open up,  </p><p>We hear:  </p><p>“You think too much.”  </p><p>“Why are you so deep?”  </p><p>“Relax, it’s not that serious.”</p><p><br/></p><p>But it is,for us.  </p><p>Because we feel everything.  </p><p>Heavily.  </p><p>Deeply.  </p><p>Loudly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Yet we walk with grace,  </p><p>Laugh in rooms where our minds still ache,  </p><p>And love with hearts  </p><p>That have been betrayed by their own thoughts.</p><p>You're just thinking in a world that forgot how to feel.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>So this is for every loud mind  </p><p>Fighting silent battles </p><p>You’re not alone.</p><p>You’re not too much.</p><p>You’re not broken.</p><p>Your depth is not a curse.</p><p>It is a quiet kind of strength,</p><p>The world is still learning</p><p>To understand.</p>
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