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CANDC · Apr 22, 2021 at 10:54 AM

Hi @Stuck1nhead - I hear you. Parental expectations are engrained in our psyche but we can sort through them and keep the ones that feel like us and not worry too much about what others expect.

I am not sure this would be helpful to try as a mental exercise imagining your parents are gone. I lost my dad 5 years ago and I had to face some of the unreasonable expectations that I had lugged around for years. Now that he is gone, I am letting go of the ones that I choose to stop struggling with.

Gratitude really helps me. It can be simple, just appreciating being alive, having enough food and shelter, having companionship. The glass is always half full whether I see it or not. I am trying to see that every day so life does not slip away by me regretting the past or struggling to reach the future.