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Why success can feel like abandonment

My parents sacrificed everything to send me to law school and now I make enough money to feel guilty about how much they still struggle.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Upward mobility creates emotional distance from those who made it possible, transforming gratitude into grief.

Ideas that help explain it
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