Home/Relationships & Family/Parenting insecurities/ThoughtI sat there for ten minutes—ten whole minutes—while my son stood at my knee with his empty plastic bowl, just waiting.parenting insecuritiesprocrastination shameShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI’ve been sitting in my car for like twenty minutes because I just can’t go inside and look at my son right now.parenting insecuritiesI stood there in that hallway for twenty minutes just listening to the silence, and it was the loudest thing I’ve heard in a decade.loneliness in crowdsI was just getting warmed up, keyboard warrior style, convinced I was some kind of vital intellectual force, when really I was just… missing. …doom scrolling shameI just stood there, staring into his empty room and thinking “what the FUCK do I do now? …caregiver identity lossRelated ThemesEmpty Nest VoidFamily obligation guiltHidden relationship doubtsParentificationSecret resentment toward family