“I recently talked to one of my cousins, and I was telling her about all the interesting things that happened to me ( I thought some of it was interesting and not that bad ) but umm most of them were very negative and she said that I must be really going through it and she felt bad for me. Now even though that was a direct reflection of my life, I still feel as though I ‘overshared’ and I should’ve acted like my life is amazing. How do I stop this urge to be performative and act like I’m doing great?”
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Someone answered with kindness...
It's not performative at all it really happened to you right?and if you WANT to act like you happy and keep everything in yourself won't your heart feel heavy from keeping all those words hidden in yourself?