Am I overthinking or how to navigate further?

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Today, my mom said "That's why you have no friends". She told me this infront of our family members and laughed about it. Growing up, I wasn't allowed to hangout with friends and was told by her that she's my only bestfriend and others will just use me so I must not betray her.

I do have friends in college but whenever I get focused in my life, she feels ignored and I don't have a dad so I give her more attention. I share my everything with her and I sometimes feel like her puppet.

She's a working woman and have her own friends. She gets annoyed when I am in call with others, so I give her all my time as much as I can.

Today, she said this and I feel helpless as I somehow turned into an avoidant. I suddenly been feeling so bad as if she wasn't the one who kept me away. I am in another city, studying. I rejected many good opportunities like NITs, just because of her separation anxiety.

how to take my life back? I am so lost, I have severe social anxiety nowadays due to so much restriction since childhood.

Posted Mar 6, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

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