Vanessa Leite
Can you feel it?
My heart is pounding.

I don't feel well. I don't feel unwell either.
I'm not fully happy. And I'm also not fully unhappy.
"What does that mean?" -- I keep asking myself.
Honestly, I don't know. And even more honestly, sometimes, I think I don't care.
I'm just feeling blunt.
I feel I should do something, but I don't feel like doing anything.
I wake up, I go to the gym, I have my healthy breakfast, I follow my diet.
I work, I get things done for my Ph.D. I go on dates. I go out with my friends. I travel around.
Sometimes I feel I'm running away from my life, but it seems I'm living it, I've never done so many things at the same time before!
I just really don't know what's going on. It feels like I'm seeing everything happening from the outside.
Do I know how to feel?
Why my heart is pounding?
Why my stomach is hurting?
Sometimes, I want to feel anything. Anything.
Is that why I'm throwing myself into life?
Going for experiences randomly or carelessly?
I don't even know what I want.
"What do you want?" -- says the voice again inside my head.
I don't know... I don't know... I wish it was that simple. I wish I could just know what's wrong.
There's just nothing to complain about in my life, that's the thought of those who watch my life from the outside.
And, believe me, I know it. I feel I'm watching it from the outside as well.
And, that's the truth: I don't feel entitled to complain about anything.
I look around, everyone is going through things... Things that are way more important, things that are way more serious. And there's me: not happy, not unhappy, and I don't even know why.
I know I'm privileged. I'm blessed. I'm lucky.
What's wrong then? Why do I feel like this? Why I don't feel?
I want to just feel again.