I wanted to be seen without becoming a project

Dear Delyara, I think that’s why I keep quiet sometimes. Because the moment some people understand you’re struggling, they turn your feelings into something to manage. Advice, perspective, plans, interpretation, reframing — all of it arrives too fast and makes me feel less held, not more. What I wanted today was simpler. To be seen without becoming a project. That kind of witness feels rare. Maybe rarer than it should. I still hope for it. Even when I don’t ask.