You say you’re overwhelmed.
Burnt out.
Stretched thin.
Again.
But if we’re being real?
You don’t just tolerate the struggle—
You need it.
You’ve made struggle your baseline.
Your identity.
Your nervous system doesn’t feel calm unless it’s in crisis.
You don’t feel safe when things are easy.
You feel suspicious.
Like something’s wrong.
Like the floor’s about to drop.
So you run harder.
You load your plate.
You make sure you’re drowning
just enough to feel alive.
Because pain feels honest to you.
Rest feels like weakness.
And peace?
Peace feels fake.
That’s not strength.
That’s conditioning.
You were taught that struggle equals value.
That worth is measured in exhaustion.
That the only time you deserve to breathe
is after you’ve bled.
So now you chase burnout
like it’s a badge.
You confuse being needed
with being loved.
You confuse being useful
with being human.
But here’s the truth—
You don’t need to suffer to matter.
You don’t need to prove your pain
just to earn space.
You’re not built for balance
because balance never validated you.
But it’s time to stop calling chaos “drive.”
It’s not drive.
It’s trauma.
With a to-do list.
If struggle is your comfort zone,
it’s time to burn it.
