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Why do I feel sad and self-rejected after surpassing my stepfamily’s expectations?

Growing up I was a very shy and introverted person.. I enjoyed certain things like baking but I really had no idea who and what I wanted to be in my late teens to young adulthood…

my step sister was the opposite. She was extroverted, outgoing and had a lot of friends. We were total opposites and that was okay bc we had different personalities. I think my step mother put it in my step sisters ear that I was jealous of her even though I never felt that way bc I feel like I have a different personality.

I love my dad but I think they believed that I wasn’t going to amount to much even though ik my dad believed in me I think I disappointed him because I was a late bloomer and my step mom told him everything I wasn’t going and how her daughter was a go getter etc I was working at a chocolate shop and making some money not a lot. My stepmom didn’t like my dad helping me in any way even though I never ask him for anything just a ride because I had driving anxiety.

I had got accepted into one college out of state. I never believed I was smart.. but at 21 I decided to just go. I graduated at 24. I became an art teacher making 62k off the bat that same year.. since I did love art a lot. Before I graduated me and my step family got into it and we stopped talking.

My step sister also graduated college and she began work and lived with her boyfriend.. they struggled.. her mom had to pay their bills, her mom was trying to find her a job at a school that made good money..

I felt proud of myself but also sad because I still felt a sense of self rejection

Why do I feel sad and self-rejected after surpassing my stepfamily’s expectations?
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