#unfulfilled-dreams

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#grief #mental-health #bitterness #emotional-well-being #parental-sacrifice #working-class #economic-insecurity
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Psychology suggests people who become difficult to be around with age are almost always carrying an unprocessed grief - for the life they expected and didn't get, for the recognition they believed they had earned and never received, for the version of themselves they were supposed to become - and the difficulty is what that grief sounds like when it has been stored as resentment for long enough to become the way they experience everything - Silicon Canals

Unprocessed grief can manifest as bitterness and negativity, stemming from unfulfilled dreams and unmet expectations in life.
fromSilicon Canals
3 months ago

8 things lower middle class Boomers sacrificed that their adult children will never fully comprehend-because they were never supposed to know - Silicon Canals

Growing up, I remember my father coming home from the factory, his hands stained with machine oil that never quite washed off. He'd sit at our kitchen table, carefully counting out bills for the week ahead. Years later, when I asked him about those days, he just smiled and said, "You kids had everything you needed."
Parenting
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