TWENTY FOUR

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Do you ever feel like no one listens to you? Like you could talk to them and when it comes to them answering all they heard was "blah blah blah".
When they complain and ask you if you're even listening when they talk, but when it comes your turn to talk and their's to listen; they don't.
I don't understand how someone you love and have known for forever could make you feel so distant. Like you feel distant from them but also feel self centered because they care about you and listen. But they also only hear what they want to hear. Nothing else.
They listen good sometimes and horribly other times. You could stand up for yourself and say something and then they don't hear you. They listen but they don't actually hear. . . You. Or when you try and tell them important things and the answers to their questions and they don't hear you.
Not being heard can be so frustrating. It makes you not even want to talk that much. And when you talk for hours constantly you feel bad for blabbing.
Maybe I'm overemotional. Maybe I'm overthinking. Maybe I need to let loose. Maybe I don't know who I am still . . . or who I want to be ..

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