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      <image:title>whyi.cyou — You're not broken. There's a reason you feel this way.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Search what's weighing on you and find the thousands who understand exactly what you mean.</image:caption>
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  <!-- ── Entry 1: Loneliness in a crowd ── -->
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      <image:title>Why I feel more lonely in a room full of people</image:title>
      <image:caption>The strange ache of being surrounded but unseen. 847K people feel this too.</image:caption>
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  <!-- ── Entry 2: Obsessive thoughts about a near-stranger ── -->
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      <image:title>Why I can't stop thinking about someone I barely know</image:title>
      <image:caption>When a near-stranger takes up residence in your mind. 1.2M people feel this too.</image:caption>
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  <!-- ── Entry 3: Compulsive apologising ── -->
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      <image:title>Why I apologize for everything — even things that aren't my fault</image:title>
      <image:caption>The exhausting weight of the compulsive sorry. 634K people feel this too.</image:caption>
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  <!-- ── Entry 4: Feeling empty when nothing is wrong ── -->
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      <image:title>Why I feel empty even when nothing is wrong</image:title>
      <image:caption>The numbness that has no reasonable explanation. 921K people feel this too.</image:caption>
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  <!-- ── Entry 5: Dreaming about an ex ── -->
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    <lastmod>2026-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Why I keep dreaming about my ex</image:title>
      <image:caption>What the sleeping mind is trying to resolve. 1.4M people feel this too.</image:caption>
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  <!-- ── Entry 6: Pushing people away ── -->
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      <image:title>Why I push people away when they get too close</image:title>
      <image:caption>The paradox of wanting love and fearing it equally. 782K people feel this too.</image:caption>
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