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I don’t know anymore

So I’m 20. My parents live with me and I take care of them. I pay what needs to be paid and I go to school. Life sound simple. It sounds easy. Why should I be even tearing at the Seam?

Whenever I tell my friends sometimes I get pity and i hate it. I hear things like “you’re doing things someone at the age shouldn’t be doing” yeah but I have to care of my parents. I put them above all else and i feel proud knowing they can count of me. I have conflicting feelings.

All of my friends count on me and look for me for advice and support. Somedays it gets really hard being strong for everyone yet I don’t ask for anything back. I may be weary but I won’t give up

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Mindful · 56-60, F

You’re fine because it sounds like you love your family and you’re doing well. It’s true that you need to make time for yourself, to be healthy. But that’s your choice. Not your friends choice, -with who and how you do that.

I think you should feel sad for your friends that they do not have deep love or conviction , that they do not have the opportunity or heart to give of themselves to others as you do. But also, I caution you to keep from telling people everything you do for others unless you continue to want to be misunderstood. Then sometime I meet a giver and I wonder are they doing it all to get other peoples attention and praise? They complain about all the good they have to do, so is it real? Only you know the answer to that.

Anyhow, if you don’t want to be miserable...
never settle for a partner/anyone who doesn’t give as much as you do!