The fact of being excluded by my family is something that I have lived these last weeks. I must say that it makes me sentimental to see how my stepfather takes attitudes a little disappointing, attitudes like: He buys some popsicles just for my mother and him, they both eat together, they take trips without telling me, we are living in the same house without any kind of coexistence. When he is not present my mother and I become one, but as soon as my stepfather walks through that door, everything changes. Everything is silence, everything is uncomfortable, he makes me feel like a nuisance, it is unfair because I do not consider that I am failing, it is unfair that I am still a totally immature and out of place person, I do not want to spend the last two months left of the year living in a mental torture, I want to set limits, make it clear what I am feeling. If I'm being honest I don't care if the conversation ends well or badly, I'm tired of having to do things to make others happy, what about me, aren't my feelings worth it?
In spite of the storm, we closed the month of October on a high note, the people that currently surround me are incredible, they have had a great impact on my life, in just one month they filled me with love and affection, they gave me the support that I needed so much, they knew how to give me the love that others were not good enough to give me. It only took me one month to understand that my old friendships were not what I deserved, that my old friendships were surrounded by toxicity and it was a vicious circle. I understood that I was not the bad guy in the story, but that those people did not deserve to be part of my life. How good it feels to leave behind the bad habits, to leave behind everything that did not add up and finally see the value you have in life.
Although my social life has improved a lot, I feel that the fact that I still can't go to the gym due to economic issues still affects me in such a way that I become a parasite in my own home. I fulfill my responsibilities, I help my mother and I take care of my homework, but, a part of me, however small it may be, is wanting to spend the whole day in bed doing absolutely nothing. I think I am refusing to see what I am so afraid of, not wanting to accept the cruel reality, the same as before, go out, enjoy with my friends and when I get home I sink for everything I am living there, as hard as it sounds, I must find a way out of the hole that I refuse to see.
I am tired of pretending that everything is fine, I am tired of pretending to be someone I am not, tired of feeling that my family does not understand me, tired of seeing how my mother becomes submissive, how she is blinded by a man who although he has worked for us, feelings are worth little. One of my frustrated dreams is for my mom and I to run away to a place where everything is calm, where she can feel free, leave aside the fear that a man will leave her and her "happiness" will end. It fills me with impotence of course, to see how the good and the bad is happening in a way that is hard to believe, to see how my stepfather's power went to his head of wanting to control everything. What should I do in this situation? What do you do when you know that you are not failing? When all you're doing is living... Guys, I feel stuck, not knowing where to go.
At this very moment I see that everything is falling apart, even so, I will make the decision to change. My family will continue to be who they are, unfortunately it is the family that touched me, more enmity than union. My decision to change will be made for me, for no one else, I will do things that will benefit me, in the short, medium and long term, I will begin to look for my happiness, after all, they are already adults, they already have their life made, now it's my turn, it's my turn to make my life. No matter the stumbles, no matter the adversities or aberrations that I may encounter on my way, I believe that the time has come to take an important step, because believe me, I will not allow them to continue to sink me, least of all my family.
I hope that this coming month is for me to be able to focus on me, to be able to give my all, just as when I did it for others, now to give it all, to do it all for me. I deserve to be surrounded by magnificent people, I deserve fullness, I deserve abundance. Maybe it is time to understand that my family has always been my biggest obstacle to move forward, that it is those two people who live with me that do not allow me to move forward. I don't know what is coming, I don't know what the next storm will be, but if I could get up before, I can get up this one and many times more.