It's easy to believe when someone says that he or she will always be there for you and have your back. It could be a girlfriend or boyfriend or your friends or even your family. When they say things like that, not only is it easy to believe, you actually want to believe them. But the bitter truth beneath their spoken (and unspoken) promises is that they can't always be there for you (even if they wanted to). I don't mean to sound depressing so hear me out. No matter how often others reassure you that you are not alone in your fight. In actual fact, you are. People, no matter how closely related they are to you, would always have their own agenda. They would have their own battles to fight. There's gonna be a lot of instances where you will have to go through tough situations alone when your loved ones are busy (like mine so often are). Maybe I've not meant the right one or maybe I'm just not in the right state of mind at the moment, but I truly believe that there is no one out there that will care for you as well as you would for yourself. "No one has your back like you do." No matter how selfless someone else might portray themselves to be, I think that deep down, they will always put themselves first. It's an animal instinct. Something nature has embedded into us. I've had these thoughts for a while now, but only lately have I allowed myself to fully come to terms with them. At the end of the day, I think it best that you rely on yourself alone. Learn to stand on your own two feet and be at peace with yourself. Cause it sure is all that you've got in this world.