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Dear noname:
I am typing your sentences not in order, and I am removing most of your interpretations:
“I became depressed upon arriving at my sister’s house last week. Just being in my dad’s presence makes me anxious and angry, when I look at him I see all of the pain he’s caused me and my family yet I have to swallow that feeling… there’s no room for me and my feelings with my dad just his. I’ve been resenting him more and more. I have to edit everything and don’t get to be real because my mom is always around and in everybody’s business
I’m much happier alone and away from their never ending demands and favor asking. I help them out of shame. I very much pity both of my parents“-
A comment: you are not helping your sister by taking care of your father (“I did not want to take care of him at all but again I d id it to help my sister out”). What will help her would be for you to not take care of your father, or your mother, so to discourage her from waiting on your parents to change (“me and my sister are still waiting on our parents… she’s still waiting on my dad to change”).
Second comment is a question for you regarding what I italicized above: do you pity your parents for having you as a son, is this part of your shame?
anita