My mother got remarried. My dad passed away 12 years ago. My mom has never been supportive of me. She has never encouraged me to go after my dreams. She is very supportive of her new daughter, my step sister. Openly praises her and tells her how she can do anything. I addressed it with my mom and she denies she does it. I asked her if she believes in her more than she believed in me and she said yes. She might of not truly meant it but she is paying for her to serve a mission and go to college etc. my mom doesn’t even support me going to college. It’s really hard feeling to overlooked and under valued. I’m used to drive my younger siblings places, cook dinners and help around the house. Anything outside of that my mom doesn’t really care about. She wants me to settle at my job with Amazon or go back to being a CNA and just live with that small income.

It’s really hard not having my families support. I’ve worked really hard on my relationship with my mom and it’s gotten better but her never seeing talent in me or expressing anything to me has really affected me from a very young age and I can’t let it go. Even with therapy.

How do I get over my mom being more loving and supporting to my step sister? How do I live and support my self in a journey that no one else believes I can get through?