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They might genuinely kill me. Growing up, being forced to babysit my little nephews alone for days wrecked me. Feeding them, watching them, bathing them, etc. I couldn’t eat, I barely slept, I was genuinely too miserable and numb to take care of myself.
do you want kids?
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yes - my own
yes - adopted
yes - either
no
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Anonymous 16h

you were a kid

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

Yeah…I finally had a breakdown in front of my parents one night after years of this, my nephews in the other room, me telling them how I wanted to kill myself. I remember them talking to each other later when they thought no one could hear. They were contemplating whether or not I had underlying issues like bipolar disorder which hurt cause it’s like, you didn’t listen to a word I said when I broke down. Nothing changed except that they came over much less

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

How alone and helpless I felt was what got to me. Years later, they were proven right cause I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and gad. To this day, I still feel numb when taking are of people. When I worked in group homes, old habits came back and I went back to not eating or sleeping for days

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