burdenline
/ˈbɜːdənˌlaɪn/nounVerified NewThe recurring declaration — "I don't want to be a burden" — that functions as both an identity claim and a warning light.
Families hear it often enough to stop hearing it, which is exactly when it should be heard most closely. It is pride, fear, and a request folded into one sentence. Burdenline names the line and the listening it should trigger.
Etym. — burden + line — a phrase delivered on a line, like a script, and a threshold like a hotline.
Rel. — symptomstashing
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