Stuck in the middle?
When you're sandwiched between two siblings, you can often lose yourself. After all, who said being a middle child was easy?
Being compared
You have an older sister and a younger brother, and you are never as good as either! All through school you were either not as brilliant as your sister or not as adventurous as the little brat your parents always dote over.
Being the middle child, sibling rivalry is taken to a whole new level, where you are constantly fighting to get even half the importance the older sibling gets (he/she will always remain your parents' favorite, anyway) or the attention the youngest who's spoilt by everyone, including you, gets.
Neither here nor there
The middle child occupies that confusing no man's land, where you've lost your vantage point completely and it's so easy to lose your identity. You are just short of the mature eldest, so you are never old enough to be entrusted with responsibilities.
Yet, you can't give up all care entirely, after all you aren't 'a baby anymore, for heaven's sake!'
What you could do
Put your foot down and learn to be assertive. But yeah, we know, it's easier said than done. But if you really don't want to lose yourself because you are the middle child, it would take some effort to reassert your identity.
Do something different from both your siblings; join a class or course that will make you stand out rather than being compared to them. And, your career is perhaps the biggest strength you have that will set you apart from the siblings.
Strive to excel in whatever you are doing and then see if you are still not noticed.
What is important is to make your own identity and start respecting yourself. You will see how everyone around you starts valuing you too.
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