Cinnabunny 🥮🐰

You’re not gonna be a “neurodivergent teenager” forever man. At some point some of you have to grow up and take charge of your own life. Talking about you can’t spare 5 minutes to talk to your professor about YOUR paper/grade 😭😭

something about flowers growing on concrete

A father told his 23-year-old son to “man up.” Months later, he was standing at his son’s grave wishing he could take those words back. To him, his son looked lazy. He slept late. Delivered food for gig apps. Lived at home. Spent hours on his phone. The father came from a different America. At 24, he already had a factory job, a mortgage, and a family. So when his son said: “The economy is different now.” “The math doesn’t work anymore.” …he thought those were excuses. One evening, he found his son quietly eating cereal after finishing deliveries. The son looked exhausted. Not sleepy. Exhausted. “I’m trying, Dad,” he said softly. “I’m just so tired.” The father rolled his eyes. “Tired from what? Sitting in a car all day? You kids have everything handed to you.” The room went silent. Then the son said: “I’m sorry the math doesn’t work for me.” Before going downstairs, he hugged his father and whispered: “I won’t be a burden anymore.” The next morning, his room was spotless. Bed made. Phone on the pillow. A note waiting. His father discovered the truth too late: His son had applied to hundreds of jobs. Worked endless hours delivering food. Stopped taking medication after losing insurance. Was drowning silently under debt, rejection, and hopelessness. The note ended with these words: “You were right. The world is for the strong. And I don’t have any fight left.” He drove to a bridge and never came home. Later, the father admitted something heartbreaking: “I judged my son using rules from a world that no longer exists.” Back then: • Homes cost a few years’ salary • Jobs came with pensions • One income could support a family Today, many young people work harder than ever while feeling permanently stuck. And too often, exhaustion gets mistaken for laziness. Sometimes when someone says: “I’m tired…” What they really mean is: “I’m losing the fight to keep going.” Before judging someone for struggling in today’s world, listen first. You may be looking at someone fighting a battle you cannot see.

stalking myself to make sure I’m still cool