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I am you basically but opposite in that my parents were totally uninvolved. I had food and shelter but no emotional support and no micromanaging insistence that I do well. I actually wish they had talked to me about school or emotional things... but they don't have those skills. They were both high achieving professors, always busy and always working, so I felt an intrinsic expectation to do a PhD. My parents also hated each other so there's that too. I guess what I am trying to say is that you can get to the same place (depression, adhd etc..) from different paths. In your case "tiger" parenting and in my case "hands off" parenting.

It's interesting that what happened in the past doesn't really matter now or for the future.. huh.. I guess it makes sense that we are all depressed from different reasons... but really all here in the same place now.




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