@knoahelias: i remember the first time these words came into my mind. i was in the back seat of my car, behind my parents. i don't remember the exact words exchanged, because we were having a conversation we've had dozens of times before. but i needed clarity, or reassurance about something. having no one else to go, i went to my parents, even though i dreaded going to them. i had exactly what i needed to hear in that moment written in my mind like a script. but my parents never gave me the reassurance i was looking for. instead they blamed things on the way life goes or they told me that's just how the real world works. imagine hearing that for your entire life, especially as an ambitious kid. eventually it became like an annoying siren, repeatedly hearing that life isn't fair, even over the simplest problems that had solutions. i know what's wrong with me most of the time and i can come up with solutions on my own. but it feels like it holds no value if it's not coming from someone else. i've gone from being a little boy feeling like his parents were never on his side about things, to an adult who no longer wants to share anything with them. #targetaudiencereached #quotes #parents #parentslove #emotionalunavailability

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