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Originally Posted by emptynightmare
I grew up with a lot of the same comments. 
Their drama always exceeded mine and I felt blamed for their problems as well as guilty for having my own.
The truth is (for me at least) that they know nothing about who I am and I have been made to sink or swim no matter the circumstance.
No matter how “independent” I am though, I wish I weren’t me because then I could be free from their influence.
It’s hard to be free. |
This resonates with me too.
“They know nothing about who I am” - exactly. It hurts - such a “distant family” but still so hard to be free..
There wasn’t a “home” really (especially after I was a young child) but the father said how she is a “home maker and a wonderful person” (but he left her anyway)
And me? I was made to “sink or swim” - and “never grew up” (thanks dad)