The only one who knows you best is yourself, so give them a chance.
You are the gladiator that rides your chariot into every battle, facing whatever awaits them. You return to your den from battle night after night, bloodied and battered from the wear and tear. When you find yourself shriveled in the darkest corners of your mind, do find this:
”My mind, it plays tricks;
persists; so fickle it can’t pick
-but, within me I must know,
that one day I will glow,
and rise above all I cannot fix”