I have never talked about this with anyone, and never could-I am 62 and my parents are in their late 80's. Over the years I have felt more and more detached from them, to the point that I now feel really uncomfortable and awkward around them, and I have nothing to say to them. I think it has come to the fore with all this talk about saving Christmas, and I realise I am not really bothered if I see them or not. This makes me sound really hard, but I am not, I would do anything for anyone, I have lots of friends and a happy home life with grown up children and a fulfilling career. I have tried to self analyse-I was very badly bullied until the age of 11, they knew but did nothing, some very traumatic things happened in my 20's and 30's, but they didnt believe me, so I think there is this underlying sense of being let down by them when I needed them. And this feeling seems to be getting worse as I get older. My siblings get quite cross with me as they feel I dont pull my weight, but I just cant. I know I need to be a grown up and move on, but I dont know how. I could never tell them as they would be devastated, as they would never knowingly do anything that was detrimental to me in any way. Any thoughts.....
Good Morning Good Friday 29th March 2024
Things you find stressful that other people don't notice.
They don't really care do they