I made a promise to my parents that I regret after pretending I was fine

I wanted to make them proud, so I agreed to a path that now feels too tight around my actual life. I keep replaying it because the small detail I ignored at the time now feels like the whole point. I am posting it here because anonymous honesty feels easier than another performance.

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