Home/Relationships & Family/Secret resentment toward family/ThoughtI have this persistent sense of somatic displacement whenever I’m around my family.secret family resentmentidentity confusionemotional numbnessShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI get home after like, a super long shift, and my family is already at the table, all loud and laughing, you know? …emotional numbnessI find myself… exhibiting what I can only describe as a significant affective incongruence. …empty nest voiddisquietude, watching my daughter with her little ones, running herself ragged in that sprawling suburbia, and then I think of my own mother, alone in that big house now, and it’s like a split, a… …long distance care guiltAnd I feel… a melancholic inadequacy, if that's the phrase for it. …caregiver guiltRelated ThemesEmpty Nest VoidFamily obligation guiltHidden relationship doubtsParentificationParenting insecurities