Yeah that’s exactly what I was thinking! I used to feel the same way. I’m the oldest with a big age gap between siblings, and my parents used to work 364 days a year so I’d constantly be mothering my siblings. I relate to Kamin so much; it constantly felt like everyone else’s issues were so big that my own didn’t matter. At the same time, I hated “attention” of any sort because I felt like it was always resulted in me feeling pressured to say or do things I didn’t want to do. This extended to hiding the things I liked, like we often see Kamin doing.
My parents got better at being there for us kids by the time I went to college, and I’m doing a lot better now in terms of mental health and not putting up those walls. Still, I often feel comforted when I hear my roommate confide in someone else about her difficulties. I love her like a sister and I’m all too happy to listen, but there’s that moment of relief in witnessing that she has other people to look to for emotional support aside from just me.
wait can someone tell me why he was so annoyed/ disposed the cat or dog i forgot which one it was but it came into my mind today and now i cant get it off my mind