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Growing Up Stories: Story sent in by daughter 8/20/07 
Healing from Growing up with Dysfunction

i have a life of my own, a family of my own and dreams of my own
that will be relagated to the sidelines so i can
take care of her. 

it is not fair and it makes me so angry. 
then i feel guilty for feeling angry at her...



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This form was submitted:  Aug 20 2007 / 10:31:49
 marie clare

story =

growing up i just thought she was a slob, now that i am an
adult i can see it is much more than that. 

she married a fellow hoarder
and they just lost their house because they were as irresponsible with
their $ as they were with their belongings.  in her case at least, her
childish behavior has been the real culprit over the years as she has
refused to be responsible for much at all. 

now, i am the adult child who
will be forced to pay the consequences for her actions.  maybe i am
selfish, but i resent that.  i should not have to pay the price for her
lifetime of irresponsibility. 

i have a life of my own, a family of my
own and dreams of my own that will be relagated to the sidelines so i can
take care of her.  it is not fair and it makes me so angry.  then i
feel guilty for feeling angry at her, it is a terrible feeling that she
has given me to carry around.  why did she do this???????????


Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 04:13:29 ICT by Donna
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Re: Story sent in by daughter 8/20/07 (Score: 1)
by JulieJ on Monday, October 29, 2007 @ 05:27:44 ICT
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I feel the same anger and guilt. I feel like my life is put on hold because part of me is afraid to allow people to get too close to me because they may find out about my grandmother's home. As a result, I maintain a good emotional distance from anyone outside my family. I suspect my brother may have a similar motivation for being so distant.




 
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