Is it okay to not be okay — for a really long time?

Everyone gives you a grace period — a few weeks, maybe a month — and then the world quietly expects you to be functional again, whether you are or not.

But some things take longer than anyone warned you, and pretending to be fine on someone else's timeline is its own kind of exhaustion.

How long have you been carrying something you haven't fully healed from — and has anyone ever made you feel like you were taking too long?

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