I’m a 23-year-old female, a graduate and a corp member with so much hurt, trauma, and aches. Whenever my heart feels heavy, I reach out to my only friend who’s outside Nigeria, and she listens and calms me down. But each time I try to express how heavy my heart feels to my partner, he acts aggressively towards me. In all honesty, I have tried to heal my heart all by myself, but it’s been difficult. Day by day, I get weak and tired of living. The only times I feel alive are when I’m with friends, acquaintances, my partner, and my family. The moment I step into my space, my chest gets so heavy I think of suicide. I find it hard to eat, I find it hard to sleep. I think I need to go to rest.
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