on my parents. Because they set me up for failure. Because they failed to give me the tools to navigate life. Because of direct things they said or did. Because of how they reacted when I was in the thick of it. And my depression ruined my life. That seems to be what I "feel", at least. --- I feel fundamentaly broken and unfit for life. Someone who doesn't belong anywhere. Someone who isn't capable of doing anything. And while I remain feeling like that, I'm not sure I'll be able to forgive my parents. --- Every morning when I hear my mother nagging as soon as she wakes up, I reject her. I reject who she is, what she thinks, what she does, how she does it. I bottle it all down. I zone it out. I drain my resources just to erase her from my perception. Everything she does reminds me of everything she has already done that "ruined my life". And I resent. No matter what she does, what she gives, the progress she makes. The gap between us is a giant gulf...