'My son died — and my mom would call me every day to tell me about how much weight she’d lost.'
the exact moment they realized their family or a family member was toxic and how it ultimately affected them."My parents saying, 'Don’t do this to me' whenever I establish boundaries. I continue to remind them that the best way I can love them is if I love myself first.""My father suffered from a progressive illness. My mom was tired of taking care of him and asked me to move in with them to help with his care, which was 500 miles away from my own family.
"There’s not much I can do to handle it right now. They also refuse to get me a therapist — but I’m looking forward to the future.""I ended up being the oldest of five kids. The two youngest have many toxic issues — from narcissism to mental and physical abuse. I asked my mother why they turned out that way. She straight out told me it was my fault because I traveled a lot when I should’ve stayed home and took care of her kids. It broke my heart.
"We chose to stay home from the holidays this year and no one understands why. I still haven’t quite decided how my future looks with that side of the family, but we’ve got another baby on the way and it seems more important to focus on that." "When my infant son died and my mom would call me every day to tell me about how much weight she’d lost.
"All I was asking was for her to come a little later. I flipped out at them because I realized this kind of guilt-tripping happens all the time with them. If things don’t go their way, they play the victim and make everyone the bad guy. I’m just over it. I still see my mom as she eventually apologized, but when she starts acting up again, I give myself space. My sister has never changed, so I limit contact with her as much as possible and only see her at family events.
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