I love being supportive to those around me and being strong and being that pillar, but I'm so so tired of having to stay strong and bite my tongue when both my girlfriend and I are feeling like shit about something. I'll feel like shit but I just have to pinch myself and steel myself because I need to be strong for her and help her. I want to be strong for her, and I'm glad I am, but it's so exhausting sometimes. I wish I could be the one to just cry sometimes. I've cried in front of her before, and we're always open about everything, and it's not like she's expecting me to be strong, but if one of us doesn't get strong than neither of us will. I just want to be the one to cry sometimes, the one to be supported, not always doing the supporting.

I'm not looking for support or advice (though it is much appreciated), I just needed to get my thoughts out of my head. It's been a bit of a rough day.