Home/Relationships & Family/Parenting insecurities/ThoughtI am sitting here in the dark while the monitor on the nightstand crackles with Arthur’s breathing and I just want to scream. I’m sixty-eight years old.parenting insecuritiessocial exhaustionanger suppressionShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI am sitting here in the dark while my husband sleeps—finally—and I am absolutely vibrating with a rage I haven't felt in thirty years. …anger suppressionI’m sitting here in the dark watching the blue light from the humidifier blink and I just want to SCREAM. …parenting insecuritiesI don’t know why I’m even up at this hour, it’s 2:14 AM and I can hear the crickets outside my window, which usually helps me sleep but tonight my brain just won’t shut off. …aging fearsI am seventy-seven years old, and I am sitting in the dark with the blue light of this phone burning my eyes because some twenty-year-old brat on a message board called my friend a "grifter. …age inappropriate interestsRelated ThemesEmpty Nest VoidFamily obligation guiltHidden relationship doubtsParentificationSecret resentment toward family