Lately, it feels like no one wants me. Every time I try to connect with someone, they pull away, and I’m left wondering what’s wrong with me. I see my friends in happy relationships, loved and chosen, and I can’t help but feel left behind.
It’s lonely watching everyone around you get what you’ve been praying for. I try to stay hopeful, but some nights the silence feels heavier than hope. I just want someone to see me — really see me — and not run away.
I don’t know if it’ll ever stop feeling this way — this ache of wanting to be chosen, of trying to believe I’m enough even when no one stays. But maybe one day it will. Maybe one day, love won’t feel so far away.
— Maya, 25, Portland, OR
