Do you feel anxiety/pressure around your birthday?

[Anonymous]

Growing up, my parents never really celebrated my birthday. But since I turned 18, I always make sure to gift myself something special and even buy myself a cake. But I always feel this anxiety around my birthday, fearing that no one will remember it, or that it'll be a shitty/uneventful birthday (like the first 17 birthdays I had). Do you feel this pressure too? Like you have to do something special? Or a fear of being forgotten?

[Guy13]

Nope and my birthday never started getting celebrated until I was 21 via a girlfriend... Now, even my parents have caught on.