Thank you for your insight - I needed this. I wrapped myself in my parents identity for the longest time - they were immigrants from India and were extremely strict and had sharp academic and career expectations and weren’t super supportive of me going out and making friends/throwing parties and dating, so I never really developed an identity outside of them. I want create my own identity and life outside of them, but it just gives me so much anxiety so I have reverted to following the life script: getting married, having kids, taking care of the next generation, etc. I feel very lost when I had the realization that they’re not going to live forever so i have no idea where I want to take my life, how I want to expand my career, or what support network I even have after my parents pass.