This may sound like a funny suggestion, but I suggest you read (not see the movie) read the book Fight Club. The central character is a man, but really it hits home on a lot of what you're talking about. About how you're not your job, or your house, or the money in your wallet. And what are we really doing here? A society of people just passing through life, having been promised that we're all special little snowflakes who can become anything. And how deeply unfulfulled so many people feel because the majority of people don't get what they are promised in life.

Anyway.... I suggest reading it.

You're not alone in feeling that way. I sit around wondering, "what the hell happened?" I was this super smart, creative person who was supposed to be a rocket straight into something awesom. Instead I'm a secretary for people who think I'm crap, with no place that is her own even in her own house.

I can say with 100% honesty you're son isn't ignoring you. He's just spreading his wings.