Every time you fake being fine, someone learns the wrong thing about you.

People believe what you show them, because they have nothing else to go on. Each convincing performance of being fine teaches somebody that you do not need checking on, and over time you build an audience that is confident you are easy, which gets lonely in a way that is hard to explain later. Nobody failed to notice. They were told, carefully, by you.

Tell one person the real answer this week, even partly, even awkwardly. Saying it has been a hard few weeks is enough to change what they know.