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When Living Your Parents' Dreams Becomes Your Nightmare

I got into medical school like my parents wanted but I cry in the hospital bathroom every day and I'm terrified to tell them because they sacrificed everything to get me here.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are trapped between honoring your parents' sacrifices and honoring your own authentic self.

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