The greatest battle you'll ever fight is the one within yourself. With your own mind. It's the battle that begins when you try to accept yourself as you are—only for your mind to point out every perceived flaw: "You're too thin. You need to lose weight. You look unwell without make-up. Your hair's a mess. Your stretch marks make you unattractive." And on it goes. It's exhausting. It's depleting. Living in constant fear that maybe you're not worthy of love after all. Terrified that the people you love the most might turn their backs on you if they ever saw the parts of you that you try so hard to hide. You tell yourself they deserve better. But even as you push them away, the thought of being rejected by them remains your worst nightmare. When the chaos inside your mind gets too loud, it becomes nearly impossible to embrace the good things around you. You see them. You want to reach out. But it feels... impossible. And that, too, breaks your heart.