I just want to feel appreciated
The title kinda says it all, I so badly want to feel appreciated. I think it started out as trying really hard to be well-liked by people, spending all my money on gifts for them, always doing things for others, cleaning up after them and doing all the extra work no one else wanted to do. I never really felt used since I was choosing to do it myself, but recently I just kinda lost it. I came home from a weekend trip with my mom where I had spent all my birthday money on gifts for my brother. Not even a thank you. Everyone takes what I do, what I buy and my services for granted now. No “thank you” or “sorry” for waiting for them for close to hours. I want someone just to be happy because of me, but I feel like I can never do it since no one appreciates what I do now.