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When karmic duty becomes self-abandonment

I gave up everything to care for my aging parents because I thought it was my karmic duty, and now they're dead and I'm 50 with no life of my own.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Spiritual obligation can mask the inability to set boundaries, leading to martyrdom disguised as virtue.

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