who taught you that suffering in silence was noble, and how would you shutting up have benefited them?
this also counts for all those times you kept your mouth shut and didn't complain because you were being polite, and people would gladly have changed things if you had just asked. your suffering was not noble. you do not get a cookie for it, you do not get a tally mark next to your soul's score for grinning and bearing it. your suffering serves no purpose. break free of it. you deserve comfort.
the people who care about you do not want you to be miserable and would be sad to find out you are sacrificing for them when you don't have to be.
the people who expect you to keep quiet and never complain do not respect you or your feelings.




