Should I tell my mother the truth?

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I've been asking myself this question for the past four months or so, and it's been eating me up inside. My future looks so hopeless and bleak.
The thing is, it's really complicated. She's sacrificed so much for me and I really don't want to let her down, though I feel that's inevitable. The last thing I want to do is disappoint her, but things can't go on like this either, I don't think I can endure anymore doubt, anxiety and especially frustration (it really brings out the worst in me, and I never liked that). So much is at stake but I really feel like I need a change. Would it be selfish on my part to tell her, even though I know she'll be let down?

Sorry if this post doesn't make that much sense, I'll clarify later with a more complete explanation.

What say you?

ultimately, you have to live with yourself before anyone else.

In my life there have been many moments, where I was honest with someone close to me, told them the truth about something, and later, wished I'd kept my mouth shut.....there have also been times I was glad I was truthful with someone...
Hindsight is 20/20, but seeing what you need to do now isn't so clear. It's hard to give advice on this one, because you don't divulge what the big secret thing you have to tell your mom is....
Your obscure description of how you assume your mom will react, says this is something that takes the weight off of you and puts it on her...so, you are feeling you'd be selfish to tell her, huh? Without knowing what the secret is, it's all but impossible to give advice, but being a mom myself, I'll try my best...
You can't have an authentic relationship with someone extremely close to you, unless you are truthful with them about the big stuff...whatever that may be. I like honesty the best; lies mess with my head.

Parents (the good ones) sacrifice so much for their children's happiness. I always suspect that parents would be MORE unhappy that their children make themselves unhappy in some notion that their parents would be disappointed in them.

If THAT makes sense.

In conclusion, I echo ploots advice. It is your own life you have to live, and your own happiness that you are primarily responsible for.

I would say tell her. It is not selfish, they are family. I think it would be wrong NOT to tell her. To fake your reality is to fake HER reality. That she keeps on sacrificing for something you DON'T want to do or be.

The choises you make are in the end right beacuse you take the one that is right for you.
Write a pro and cons list, i always do that when I have trubles like this, and remember that the right choises are not always the easy ones...