No one tells you how lonely it feels to outgrow the parent you spent your whole life seeking love from. You finally see things clearly — not as a child needing comfort, but as a grown woman setting boundaries. And a mother who could never see herself treating her own child that way. And it’s confusing. Because part of you still wants to be held, while the other part is exhausted from always doing the emotional heavy lifting. Grieving the relationship you wish you had, while trying to accept the one you do — its a silent heartbreak no one talks about.

How it compares

Viral factor

x8.29: about 8.29 times the views @melissaannmariee usually gets. Viral factor divides a video's views by its account's usual views, so it measures how far the video beat its creator's normal reach, whatever the size of the account.

Views

214,819 views.

Engagement

12.5% engagement rate. 19,722 likes, 166 comments, 3,734 shares, 3,265 saves.

Hook

“No one tells you how lonely it feels to outgrow the parent you spent your whole life seeking love from. You finally see things clearly — not as a child needing comfort, but as a grown woman setting boundaries. And a mother who could never see herself treating her own child that way. And it’s confusing. Because part of you still wants to be held, while the other part is exhausted from always doing the emotional heavy lifting. Grieving the relationship you wish you had, while trying to accept the one you do — its a silent heartbreak no one talks about.”: the opening line, the part that has to stop the scroll.

Filed under

niche: Mental Health & Wellbeing; format: Story in slideshow.