Is it just me, or are we all just pretending that "family" i...

Is it just me, or are we all just pretending that "family" isn't a slow-motion car crash of obligation?

family obligation guilt personality masking

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Eating dinner by himself in that quiet house, and I just… I can’t shake this almost visceral guilt, like I’m failing a core competency. …

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Am I the only one who completely sabotages their own happiness because they’re obsessed with how things LOOK to other people or is it just me being a total disaster right now?

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