The Grief No One Talks About: Realizing Your Parent Is Just a Person | Know Thyself #shorts

There is a moment in life that almost no one prepares you for. The moment you realize your parent is not just your parent. They are a flawed, complicated human being, with their own pain, their own story, and their own unhealed wounds. In this clip from Know Thyself, the conversation explores one of the most quietly profound forms of grief there is. The grief of seeing your parent clearly for the first time. It is freeing, because it dissolves the impossible expectations we placed on them. But it is also deeply painful, because in that moment, you are not…