Everything’s Fine

People often learn to step around obvious dysfunction the way someone in an old house learns to avoid the creaky floorboarding quietly, automatically, as if ignoring it might keep the whole structure from collapsing. It’s a survival reflex to pretend the cracks aren’t spreading, the noise isn’t getting louder, and the discomfort is just how things are. Acknowledging the problem would mean confronting fear, loss, effort, or the change that comes with truth. So, people keep moving as if nothing is wrong, hoping momentum alone will hold everything together, even as the weight of what’s unspoken grows heavier with every step.