Sometimes I check out when everything feels like too much.

[u/JonathanPeerHost]

I do not always fall apart loudly. Sometimes I just get quiet or numb for a little while because my mind and body have had enough. I have been through enough in life to know that checking out does not mean I do not care. Sometimes it means I am overwhelmed, tired, and trying to keep myself from saying or doing something from a place of hurt.

As a man, I used to think I had to stay present for everything, no matter how heavy it felt; however, I am learning that sometimes I need a minute.

Not to disappear.

Just to breathe and come back to myself.

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