There is a strange kind of grief in outgrowing someone before they realise you’ve left emotionally. You sit beside them, let them hold you, try to recognise yourself in the intimacy you once shared, and quietly wonder when their touch started feeling like something you had to endure. You keep trying, not because you want to stay, but because a part of you wants to be certain you’ve given everything a chance. Then you finally leave, and the relief you feel is almost frightening. It’s like discovering you’ve been holding your breath in a room you no longer belong in. But the ego doesn’t always leave when the heart does. You can be relieved to walk away and still be angry that nobody came after you. You can want someone to feel your absence without wanting their presence. You can want to be unforgettable to someone you’ve already stopped choosing. Perhaps what hurts isn’t losing them, but discovering that even after you’ve stopped wanting them, you still want proof that you mattered. And maybe that’s one of the hardest things to admit about being human: sometimes, we don’t want the person back; we just want their inability to let us go to confirm that we were worth holding on to.#EmotionalRealisation #HumanNature #HealingJourney #LettingGo #DeepThoughts - @kaymii54