Where on earth do you get from your session that you were being manipulative Granite. Stop doing that to yourself. You are upset, but you are upset because of how your family treats you. You seem to place the blame on everyone but the real cause of your pain and grief. Can you try to refocus on the actual cause of the pain and upset you were feeling when you walked into the session last week? You are actually making yourself the scapegoat now. Do you see that? Don't buy into your family's garbage.