Who Exactly Do I Run To In Times Of Distress? Who exactly do I run to in times of distress? Who do I call when I am the one falling apart? Who listens when the listener needs to be heard? Who notices when the strong one is no longer strong? These are the questions many people carry in silence. The people who are always there for everyone else often discover that when their own world starts collapsing, there is no line of people waiting to catch them. It is a lonely realization. To be everyone's comfort but have nowhere to place your own pain. To be the shoulder people cry on while secretly wondering where your shoulder is. To carry your burdens quietly because you have become so used to being the dependable one that nobody thinks to ask if you need help too. And sometimes the heaviest part is not the pain itself, it's realizing how many people know how to receive your support but so few know how to return it.