Hi Kalamity,

I understand what you're talking about. I moved away from my family a long time ago, because it was the only way that I could have a chance to be allowed to grow up and be an individual. And it was an immediate shock to be cut off from my family, and I expected my roommates to fill in the gaps, and they were not willing to do that, and I was alone and isolated. We humans are social creatures with a need to belong, and it's so hard to find a group to belong to when there are reasons for not being with your family. It's too bad that your siblings are still too caught up in it to be involved with you. Mine are too, and I wish that I could rescue them, but I'm not in a position to be able to. Even though I distanced myself from the family physically, I'm still caught in the same trap emotionally. Maybe you are too, which makes it that much harder to build another support network.