I want to be taken care of

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I've been sheltered my whole life, given very little responsibility, squirreled away from the big scary world by those who love me and hidden from a larger, better world by some who hate me. I don't know how to drive or anything about checking accounts or paying taxes; I don't know my social security number or really anything else. I'm "helpless like a rich man's child". I want to be rescued. I want R. P. McMurphy to come crashing through the wall and save me from Nurse Ratchet and the combine.

I want someone to gently pick me up and lead me out and away and become the kind of parent I've never had and the lover I've always wanted. I need someone I can be dependant on just a little longer, who will help me become independent through understanding and patience and friendship. I want someone to teach me to breathe through my eyelids. I want and need help so bad. I want to get out but I feel that all the world's a storm and I'm trapped in a rowboat.

Is it normal to be so helpless?

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  • la_uva_mojada
    10 years ago

    join a convent

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Your situation is not uncommon.
    I think you may be part of the
    Generation Y
    or
    Generation Me.
    Do some research about it and you will learn more about yourself and how you can make it in the real world. Empower yourself with some real knowledge.

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  • SamuraiPeeper
    14 years ago

    Yeah, I guess I do sound like a needy wuss. Thanks for the comment and advice, even when it got a little mean.

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  • Grymlocke
    14 years ago

    I know about being sheltered and looking back on it I wish I wasn't so sheltered. People need to be exposed to life. The problem with being sheltered is it wont last forever. Eventually your ass is going to be dropped on the road and you aren't going to know what to do, which means you're probably not going to survive very long on your own.

    On the flip side it's always good to have friends and family that you can lean on and support you when you need it. There is a balance that you need to find. A balance between how much you depend on other people and how much you depend on your self. My advise is to ask the people that you know to help you to develop the skills that you need to operate on your own in life. That way you don't become a burden to the ones you love, be able to operate independently, and still have people that you can fall back on in case of extreme emergency.

    If you don't, and continue being a needy wuss you will eventually piss off every one around you and the ones you love may just end cutting you off from their help for your own good.

    Toughen up or learn to suck dick.

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