Lauren Jarvis-Gibson

You’re obsessed with watching the news on new health scares. You’re addicted to anything health related. Your go to tv show is ‘House’, and instead of watching political issues on the news, your eyes are glued to health related breaking news.

Your overall attitude has changed. You used to trust everybody. You used to see the glass half full and to love life whole heartedly. But now, a part of you is broken.

You can’t sit back and wait for your world to turn around. You can’t sit back and patiently watch the clock tick by while you remain stagnant. You’ve got to tackle your demons head on. You’ve got to look at your problems right now instead of expecting them to magically disappear.

Anxiety is climbing a steep mountain through a blizzard. It’s trying to swim in a tsunami. It’s trying to breathe where trees have stopped growing. It’s trying to stay alive in the Sahara desert. It’s trying so hard to smile when tears flood your face. It’s trying so hard to be okay when you’re not okay.

Date the person who you would never have to beg for, because you know deep down that they would never leave you.

She’s going to stop loving you because of all the times she talked and you didn’t listen.

Why is it so difficult for us to have a decent conversation with someone? Why is it so hard to find someone who genuinely and deeply cares? Why is it so easy to scroll through our phones and swipe right just as easy as it is for us to shut people out, to stop responding to them out of the blue, and to act like they never existed?

You’ll be stuck in a state of longing and loving and it’s going to hurt. It’s going to hurt to keep loving them long after they have left you. But one day, you’ll realize how much of a blessing this is. To have experienced big, great love.

I hope the next person who you fall for falls back too. And I hope you catch each other like we never did. I hope you look into each other’s eyes and see magic, like we never could do. And I hope you find someone who gets you, like I never could understand.

You are obsessed with being the best of the best. Whether it’s in school or work or your personal relationships, you always want to be the best student, the best employee and the best friend.

Don’t judge. Never judge. Don’t push them to talk about it. Just be a listening ear. Be a shoulder for them to rest their tired head on. Be this person’s rock.

He ghosted you because he is incapable of true love.