Quiet thoughts, said out loud. A community for quiet people: introverts, the socially anxious, anyone who feels more than they show.https://quietapartment.com/enhttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-18-depression/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-18-depression/I've been fighting depression my whole life. I was okay most of the time. But now I'm starting to feel like I'm losing the fight.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-16-trust-issues/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-16-trust-issues/I always thought I was a good judge of people. When anyone warned me about her, I defended her. Since the divorce, I'm not sure I can even trust myself.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-work-secret/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-work-secret/My wife and I have been separated for a few months. I haven't told anyone at work. I feel like if I don't say it out loud, it's not really over yet.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-wonderful-news/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-wonderful-news/Today, something wonderful happened to me. I instantly reached for my phone to text my wife... Only to realize we are not together anymore. I just stood…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-wedding-ring/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-wedding-ring/I was going through some old boxes. I found my wedding ring. My knees gave out. I ended up on the floor, and I couldn't breathe. That was one of the scariest…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-people-who-doesnt-care/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-people-who-doesnt-care/I admire people who don't care that they're in someone's way. Some guy leaves his cart in the middle of the aisle, blocks five people, and doesn't even…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-overworking/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-overworking/I started working fifteen hours a day. I'm not a workaholic. It's not even fun. I just need to be busy, so I don't have time to think.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-overthinking/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-overthinking/Is it overthinking when everything you worry about actually happens? Or does it happen because you never stopped thinking about it? I still don't know which…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-our-story/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-our-story/Whatever happens, I just hope our story isn't finished yet. Even if it's in another lifetime.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-lovely-couples/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-lovely-couples/I used to cringe at people who complained about couples being affectionate in public. Now I think I understand them. Every couple I see reminds me of when she…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-lost-things/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-lost-things/After a breakup, I don't just lose the person. I lose whole genres of music. Certain movies. Video Games. One entire city.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-lose-feelings/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-lose-feelings/I keep telling myself to stop loving her. Like it's something I can decide. I wanted to spend my whole life with her. And now I'm learning how to stop.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-last-love-you/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-last-love-you/Sometimes I wonder which "I love you" was the last one she meant. And which one was the first one she didn't.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-find-someone-who-deserves-better/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-find-someone-who-deserves-better/I'm afraid that one day I'll meet someone wonderful. Someone who deserves all of my love. And I won't be able to give it to her. Because I'm still carrying…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-favorite-person/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-favorite-person/I'm not sure I'm anyone's favorite person. Not the first call. Not the name that comes up when something good happens. Some people like me. I'm just not sure…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-depersonalization/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-depersonalization/Most of the time, I feel like I'm watching a movie and not really paying attention. Like I'm not making any choices. Things just happen. Apparently there's a…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-delusional/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-delusional/I must be the most delusional person. My wife left me several months ago, and I still think, deep down, that she wants me back. She just doesn't know how to…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-dating-opener/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-dating-opener/I read her profile twenty times. I wrote the perfect opener. She replied with one word.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-dating-experience/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-dating-experience/One moment you're searching for a house to surprise your family. The next, you're asking strangers online what their favorite color is.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-being-off/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-13-being-off/Someone at work said, "You seem off today. Did something happen?" Yeah, man. I'm off every day. Today I'm just too tired to hide it.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-07-tv/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-07-tv/Be honest. The TV is on when you get home. Nobody is watching it. It's so the flat sounds like someone lives there. And you turn the volume up one notch, so…Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-04-fridge/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-10-04-fridge/It's two in the morning. Fridge open. You're not hungry. You stand there, lit up like a small shop window. You close the door, and you stay there in the dark…Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-30-notifications/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-30-notifications/Wake up. Reach for the phone. Zero notifications. Not even spam. Even the app that begs you to come back has given up. You check your email too, just in case…Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-28-shoes/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-28-shoes/It's Monday. Two small shoes by the door, one of them on its side. They've been there since Sunday afternoon. You realize you'll be without her for five days…Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-24-birthday/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-24-birthday/Last month was my birthday. Nobody called. Nobody texted me. I told myself it was just another Thursday. At midnight, I wished myself happy birthday. My voice…Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-19-dream/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-19-dream/Every day, I go to bed at 11 and fall asleep at 3. Every morning, I wake up from the same dream. She's in it. And for a few seconds, I forget that she's gone.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-12-message/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-12-message/Found an old message on my phone. She wrote, I would never leave you for some guy online. I read it three times. Then I scrolled up, looking for the moment it…Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-06-stuffed-animals/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-09-06-stuffed-animals/I drive her back to her mum's. Then I come home. The apartment is so quiet. No one needs me. There are stuffed animals all over the floor and a drawing on the…Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-30-letter/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-30-letter/I was cleaning when I found it, a letter her mother gave us the day our daughter was born. Your daughter is perfect. You should be happy you have each other…Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-22-soul/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-22-soul/I don't get how other people do it. How does someone leave after 5, 10, 15 years and just carry on? Is the other person just not part of them anymore? Because…Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-15-ghosting/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-15-ghosting/"You keep ghosting me." Yeah. Don't take it seriously. I barely talk to my own family. I just don't have the energy to reply. I can go five days without…Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-08-just-a-friend/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-08-just-a-friend/"Don't worry about him. He's just a friend." And you didn't. That was what trusting her looked like. Six months later, she left. And he was the one she left…Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-01-introvert/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-08-01-introvert/Most people don't realize how rare it is for an introvert to actually start liking someone. It took me my whole life to meet a person I can spend time with…Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-07-24-elevator/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-07-24-elevator/If something scares you, it means you should do it. Right, I do everything scared. My anxiety is on the same level as someone being hunted for sport. Say…Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-07-17-best-days/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-07-17-best-days/You never realize you're living the best days of your life until they're gone. Your daughter shouting in the next room, banging on your door while you work…Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-02-01-stopped-dating/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2026-02-01-stopped-dating/I stopped dating. It's not because I'm bitter. It all comes down to simple mathematics. A really beautiful relationship is a once in a lifetime thing. And…Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://quietapartment.com/journal/2025-12-14-christmas/https://quietapartment.com/journal/2025-12-14-christmas/Christmas is coming, and it's my first one alone. The shops are playing the songs, the windows have their lights on. I walked past the Christmas trees twice…Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT