[jimkleiber]

> it seemed like they just sort of skimmed them and they didn't notice that one in particular. I didn't mention it; I just let it go.

I sometimes wonder if I feel more lonely when I "let it go" aka suppress how I'm feeling. I imagine if it were me, I may have felt annoyed or sad or confused that they didn't see the "I feel like garbage" part and didn't reply to it, and when I"m feeling courageous, sometimes I'll say that to them. I think I've noticed that when people have that deer in the headlights look, I can slowly start to suppress more and more things about how I'm feeling and then sometimes feel stuck, wanting to go deeper and also trying to respect that they may already feel overwhelmed.

I don't know if there's an answer in any of what I wrote above, just wanted to share how I can struggle with this as well.