a person who doesn't care anymore was once a person who cared too much. someone who listened when no one else would, who smiled when they wanted to cry, who forgave when it hurt them to do so. slowly, after giving so much and getting little in return, they learned that caring too much can break you. so they stopped trying, they stopped hoping, they stopped giving so freely. now they walk with quiet walls around their heart, not because they are cruel, but because they are protecting themselves from being hurt again. they have learned the weight of too much caring, and now they choose themselves over the endless giving that once drained them.