Please respond

I do not feel like I do right now, or very often.
I feel more seen and appreciated at work than I do at home.
I am sharing this not to shame or blame but to be honest and ask for more connection.
I need more emotional and physical intimacy.
I need responses when I share something, whether it seems important or not.
I need to feel like I, me, the human, am important. And worthy of your attention.

I know you love me, as a noun, but I don't always feel loved, as a verb.

I feel like this feeling is on repeat in my head and heart.
It's there, slowly growing.
It's lonely, it's heavy, sometimes it's numb.
It subsides for a while, and then it comes back.
Maybe I know it's there, but I'm not actually voicing it.
Maybe I'm overreacting.
Maybe I have not told you.
Maybe you don't know.

I am sharing it now, and it is scary and important.
I don't know if I should be telling you this.
Yes, I do.

Please respond.