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E.S.
EMOTIONAL SHUTDOWN
One day, you stop explaining.
You stop trying to make people understand.
You stop repeating the same feelings that
nobody seemed to hear the first time.
Not because those feelings disappeared.
But because constantly translating your
pain became more exhausting than
carrying it alone. So you become quieter.
The long messages turn into short replies.
The late-night confessions turn into "'m fine."
The hope of being understood slowly fades away.
And little by little, you stop expecting anyone
to notice the difference. That's emotional shutdown.
Not when you stop caring. But when caring
hurts so much that silence becomes easier.
When being alone feels less painful than
feeling unseen. A heart doesn't shut down
overnight. It shuts down after knocking on the
same closed door for far too long.
