I was more fragile than I looked

Dear Delyara, A small comment got to me today more than it should have. No insult. No attack. Just a tone. A slight edge. A passing remark made by someone who probably forgot it a minute later. But it landed hard. That’s what people don’t see on certain days. You can look normal and still be emotionally thin-skinned from carrying too much already. One more small thing becomes unbearable not because it is huge, but because there was no room left for it to land gently.