I'm hoping this site will bring some friends that are going thru similar feelings. Mental illness runs in my family but none I can talk to, my mom was quite a huge part in my ptsd from childhood and I still see her occasionally, my dad died so not much family on my side, only child. My Hubby's family lives away and the small group we have we thought were our family have totally **** on us during this tough time of our life. Before we found out my avm is inoperable, I was having to pay family to watch my kids so I could have scans and tests, was total crap. When we found out itsgotta stay in there and I gotta live with the symptoms, no one reacted. And it's not like I haven't been there for them. When my aunt had cervical cancer I took in her kids, brought them things, went over just to clean n cook while she was on the mend. I'm not a selfish person , I can't say no to people, honestly, so I bend over backwards for people and it just took me by surprise how some people have responded ...