There are days when the world feels a little heavier than usual—when silence echoes louder, and the space you take up feels too big, too much. You start to wonder if your presence is just an inconvenience. Maybe you've even convinced yourself that your needs are a weight others shouldn't have to carry.

Feeling unwanted or like a burden is more common than people admit. It doesn’t always come from something someone said outright. Sometimes, it’s the tone they used. The pause before a reply. The plans you weren't invited to. Or the way you feel like you have to apologize just for being.

It creeps in quietly, this feeling. It tells you that you’re too much. Or worse, that you’re not enough.

But here’s the truth: You are not a burden. You are a human being with needs, feelings, and value.

We live in a world that praises independence and self-sufficiency, but it forgets that connection and vulnerability are part of what makes us whole. You are allowed to lean on people. You are allowed to ask for help. You are allowed to exist without constantly proving your worth.

If someone has made you feel unwanted, that says more about their capacity to give love than it does about your right to receive it. Your emotions are not inconvenient. Your struggles do not make you less lovable. And your presence is not a problem to be solved.

The people who truly see you won’t make you feel like an obligation—they’ll remind you that you matter, even when you forget.

So if today is one of those days where the darkness whispers lies a little louder than usual, hold on. Reach out to someone. Or sit quietly with yourself and remember that storms don’t last forever—even the ones inside your mind.

You are wanted. You are worthy. You are not a burden.