People aren’t mind readers. They don’t know how much you’ve been holding in. They don’t know how often you feel left out. And if your tone says “I’m fine,” they’ll take you at your word.
But if you shift your energy, if you start to invite, include, ask, share, you might find people showing up in ways you didn’t expect. And it won’t be because they just now started caring, but because they finally feel welcome.