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When total responsiveness erases personal identity

I have been responding to every cry and need for three years and I love my daughter but I feel like I have disappeared and I do not remember who I was before

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Complete devotion to your child's needs has left you disconnected from your own sense of self and purpose

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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