I know you’re feeling so lost right now.

Heart heavy, barely making it through each day.

Wondering how your hopes of a love-filled future turned into endless nights of tears and that aching, empty feeling in your chest.

One moment, you were dreaming of forever.

The next, you’re standing in the ruins of yet another heartbreak.

Your world shattered, your confidence crushed, and that quiet voice in the back of your mind asking,

“Is love ever really meant for me?”

But let me tell you: I’ve been there.

Oh, how I’ve been there.

I still remember sitting on the bathroom floor, the door closed so no one could hear me crying.

My heart felt like it had been ripped out, and my mind wouldn’t stop playing that same scene over and over again:

“How could this happen to me? What did I do wrong?”

The pain of that breakup was unlike anything I’d ever felt.

It wasn’t just losing the person I loved; it was losing myself.

I questioned everything — my worth, my choices, my future.

I looked in the mirror and didn’t even recognize the woman staring back.

She was a shell of the vibrant, hopeful person she used to be.

And, oh, the endless scrolling through social media didn’t help.

Seeing those “perfect” couples smiling in photos made my chest tighten with envy and a sting of sadness.

I started to believe that maybe I was just destined to be alone.

Maybe love just wasn’t in the cards for me.

For months, I tried everything to feel better.

I threw myself into work, went out with friends, even dabbled in the dating apps everyone swore by.

But each time, I ended up back in that same place of self-doubt and loneliness.

The apps were the worst—swipe left, swipe right, a few awkward conversations, and then... nothing.

It was like trying to catch smoke in my hands.

“Why does it feel so hard to find real love? Why do I keep ending up here?”

I asked myself these questions every night.

I’d lie awake, heart racing, playing through the endless “what ifs” in my mind.

Then one day, I decided that I’d had enough.

I wasn’t going to keep looking for validation outside of myself.

I wasn’t going to chase after love that left me feeling empty.

That’s when I drew a line in the sand and said,

"No more!"

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