Tough people

Sometimes the “toughest” people are really just the ones who refuse to feel or acknowledge anything else. The ones who decided long ago they’d be better off solo.

Show them they don’t have to go that route, that you’re there, ready to help. That being tough isn’t the only way. When they go to shake you off and assure you they’re “totally fine,” don’t walk away. That’s exactly what they’re waiting for you to do–reinforce the narrative that they’re better off not asking in the first place