I Used the Bigger Word Again

Dear Delyara, The smaller words still come to me first — tired, busy, overwhelmed, not myself, a lot going on. Words that sound manageable enough for everybody else to remain comfortable and for me to keep pretending this is still just ordinary pressure. But this week, when I needed to say it, I used the bigger word again. The truer one. The one that acknowledges this is not just busyness wearing dark circles. That mattered. Because accurate language is one way I stop abandoning myself. And I am trying, seriously trying, not to do that anymore.