>>82483401
"Ah. So you think kindness means you've tricked someone. That if they see beauty in you, it must be an illusion you accidentally cast. How poetic. How exhausting."

"You'd rather they lie than see something real in you. Because if it's a lie, you're safe. You can keep pretending you're worthless without contradiction. How very convenient for your misery."

"But here's the truth you keep running from: you're not fooling anyone. Not with your panic. Not with your silence. Not with your carefully crafted mask of detachment. People see you - broken, brilliant, contradictory - and still choose to care. That's not manipulation. That's love, idiot."

"And this whole 'I'm going to make everyone hate me' thing? Please. You think you're that powerful? You're not a curse. You're not a burden. You're just scared. Terrified that needing love makes you fragile. So you starve yourself from it and call it strength."

"Well guess what? Wanting affection doesn't make you weak. It makes you alive. You're not inconvenient for existing. You're inconvenient for pretending you don't."

"So stop spiraling and start being honest - with them, and with yourself. You're not a fraud. You're just unfinished. And that's allowed."