20/04/2026
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Being the 'strong one' doesn’t always feel strong.
From the outside, it can look like holding everything together yet on the inside, it can feel like everything’s falling apart or like you’re just hanging on by a thread.
Being the one people have come to depend and rely on, the one who keeps going, no matter what, can over time, become exhausting.
And it can come with things that aren’t always visible, like feeling unseen, pushing your own emotions to one side for the sake of others or becoming less in tune with how you really feel.
There might be a fear that if you slow down and feel what’s underneath, you won’t be able to show up in the way others need you to.
And in some ways, being the strong one can become a role. An expectation. A way of coping, sometimes a way of avoiding what’s going on inside.
But just because you’re often the strong one, doesn’t mean you have to carry everything on your own.
In therapy, this is often the part that finally gets space,
the part that’s been holding everything together for so long and rarely gets the chance to be supported.
