@parus Right on!!! I especially like your last sentence "I am me and this is the best I can be." Family can sometimes be the most toxic people in your life. You cannot choose your family, but you can choose your friends and make them your family. I have a sister that I have not seen nor spoken to in 8 years, and it has been blissful. My brother has recently joined my exclusion due to having a very bad moral compass. It is important to surround yourself with people that have good energy and compliment your life; not complicate. I struggle with a chronic illness that saps my energy, so, I really have very little patience with non-sense anymore.