Thank you for both your comment and nomination. My birthday is the most depressing time of year for me. Where people feign interest in you, give attention because it makes them look good, not because they care. When you are ignored to make a point. It is a time I realize just how much I am missing, how much I ache. I think everyone can relate to pieces of this and can only hope no one truly feels its entirety.

Thank you! Let’s hope 25 is a little kinder.

I'm not the best at giving advice or anything so you can ignore this, but I want to say something. I kind of understand how you feel, I felt something similar to any type of holiday. When it's your birthday and you feel that way, surround yourself with the people you know care about you. Or even if it's one person even if it were a friend, spend time with them, talk to them focus on them. Try to think of it as a normal day even say it out loud. It'll get better , and you'll start enjoying it :)