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[quote=Anonymous]I was the scapegoat, and my family never had any expectations of me. My oldest sibling, the golden child who was gifted academically, never lived up to my family’s very high expectations. They dropped out of grad school right before graduation, are a functional alcoholic, major debt, and married someone they didn't love or were attracted to but needed someone to take care of them. Now, their spouse is morbidly obese, and my sibling has to care for them because of their mobility issues along with their kids. They are both addicted to social media which they used to project their lies and hide their addictions.

I ended up drifting for a decade but was motivated to prove everyone wrong. I’m married to a great guy and we both have careers we enjoy and get to spend time with our kids, take lots of trips together. I still slip into thinking I’m incapable sometimes but it doesn’t have a detrimental impact my work or relationship but being the scapegoat has had impact on my ability to sometimes believe I deserve the good things in my life. [/quote]

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