This page explores how feeling overlooked as a middle child can affect your sense of worth. It offers practical ways to recognise your value, set boundaries, and build self-esteem as an adult.
It sounds painfully lonely to have grown up feeling overlooked, as if being “ordinary” meant you were not special to anyone. But your worth was never decided by how much attention you received.
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