Do you see me?

Some days, you feel utterly alone in your emotions.Heart heavy, eyes brimming, tears welling just shy of spilling in the middle of the room. Still, you force a smile, hoping no one notices the weight of your silence. The numbness in your mind. The pounding screams inside your head. You avoid eye contact, afraid that someone might really see you. And yet, paradoxically, you search the room for that one person, for anyone who might notice the quiet collapse of your world.

And when no one does, you tell yourself it’s fine. It’s better this way. You tell yourself it’s better to walk through days like a shadow, present but unnoticed in a room filled with life. You laugh at the right moments, nod when expected, keep conversations light. It’s easier that way. Easier than trying to explain a pain you can’t fully name, even to yourself.

But deep down, you crave something real. A simple recognition. Maybe “how are you?” that sounds like they actually want to know. Maybe a knowing hug with no demand to share but of understanding.

The worst part of feeling unseen is that the very thought plays tricks on your mind. it convinces you that your feelings are too much, your needs too loud, your presence somehow unworthy of attention.

And maybe somewhere along the line you start to believe that it no one notices then that means you’re not worth noticing. You may start to believe your presence doesn’t matter.

You forget that your mind can also be your worst enemy. Holding on to the ache and building a false narrative around that pain. It doesn’t stop there even. It takes on a ride. Where all the past memories where you felt abandoned or invisible play in a constant loop. Stacking them as evidence of your lack of worth.

But people don’t always notice—not because you’re unworthy, but because they’re tangled in their own thoughts too.

But your mind won’t let you believe so. So you fold you pain quietly away, you blend to the walls where your presence go unnoticed and you tell yourself that your needs are too inconvenient.

And here’s the truth you’ve known all along.

Sometimes, the person who overlooks you the most… is you. You dismiss your feelings. You downplay your needs. You are the one who abandoned your own heart while hoping someone else will come along and save it.

While you hope for someone else’s validation, to confirm your pain, you neglect the most important validation of all, the one you can give yourself.

Those emotions are real and raw but they are not always true. An experience of being invisible does not mean that is your reality.