I missed being less aware of everything

Dear Delyara, Some days sensitivity feels less like insight and more like overexposure. Today was one of those days. I noticed too much — the tired tone in someone’s voice, the awkwardness under a joke, the slight pressure in a “quick question,” the emotional temperature in a room shifting before the conversation had even changed shape. By the end of the day, I felt worn out by how much had entered me that was never really mine to hold. I know awareness is useful. I also know it can become exhausting when there is no off switch. Tonight I wanted to be simpler. Less perceptive. More protected. Just for a while.