abelkonweb

I have never felt less entitled to a complaint.

If you check my post history, you'll see that I went NC with my family back in May/June of this year. It's my first Christmas without my family and I miss them so much. It's so hard to think back to what I was doing last year and giving up those family traditions. I find myself asking "Is it worth it? Did I make the right choice?" constantly. I miss my brothers and sisters so much. They're still in my dreams.

I'm posting because a package came in today with presents that my siblings had gotten for me. They're wrapped and everything and it's so sweet and thoughtful. I miss them so much and I wish I could hug them and tell them how much they mean to me and how I wish they didn't have to beco

I don't have to explain to you the trauma associated with having nparents. My dad cut me off when I was 17. No big deal. He was a POS. Mom and I never got along because she's nuts. But since I didn't have a dad anymore...

I tried to work on my relationship with my nmom after; I had many deep conversations with her about her behavior and how I felt it affected me, what we could both do to make our relationship better. She seemed interested and willing to understand my feelings but as with all N parents, she only used these conversations to find better ways to hurt me. Each conversation was ultimately used against me in fights later or in belittling sessions.

I don't have to explain to y

My friend is a redditor also, so some names and details have been changed. Let's call my friend Chris. Chris and I met in highschool through mutual friends and have maintained a friendship since. We are both about to graduate college and still talk regularly. Chris has a lot of depression problems and as someone who has been there, I have always been willing to be his person-if he needs to talk in the middle of the night or if he wants to just text and tell me what's going on. He's always known this.

He and I have gotten much closer in the past couple of years and started texting conversationally throughout the day. Recently, as in the last year or so, Chris and I have begun to argue wit