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I had an extremely vivid nightmare involving my son

I think what it means is I need to give up on my own happiness, I’ve been too selfish, even though I’ve hardly been selfish at all, he deserves more. It’s a very complicated feeling having no help, no love, no family, but needing to be everything to someone else, a child, who also doesn’t have much family, love or help.

I feel like it’s just the two of us. No one wants to or can be part of our little family and that’s okay. I need to accept it now and just focus on creating a beautiful, meaningful life for my boy.

I’m so burnt out. But my idea is to dedicate myself to him and his fun, his growth and learning. Do everything relentlessly and eventually fade to nothing. I hope I live longer than my parents so I can be there for my boy as long as possible.

I’m nothing without him anyway. That’s the truth.
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OhIsMe · 41-45, M
You're not two halves of the same pineapple. You're two separate complementary pineapples.

If you fade into nothing there's nothing for him to hold onto. Nothing for him to look up to or aspire to.

He needs you to be whole. It's not selfish to be aware of your own needs and balance them against those of your loved ones.