I'm an alien in my home...

how odd that those who are closest to us from birth turn out to be the most distant to us later on. does every child feel like an alien in it's own family? is that in fact more normal or common than feeling a part of it? i can't help wondering. is the alienation we feel toward our parents, or as parents toward out children, actually just an indicator of how alienated we are from ourselves? when you are young you do not feel this alienation. later on you pretend you don't feel it, or you feel it even more and suffer as only youth is capable of suffering... i don't know. i just wonder about it. there must be something good in it for us to "take home" ...