i disappear when i'm at my lowest. not because i want attention, but because i don't know how to talk about what hurts. i get quiet when my mind feels tired. i distance myself when everything feels too much, and even small things feel hard. sometimes i need space to cry, think, and fix myself in private. it's never because i don't care. i care deeply, even when i say nothing. i just don't like being seen broken. so i hide until i feel okay again. then i come back stronger, softer, and more sure of myself. if i go missing for a while, just know i'm healing where no one can see.