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Originally Posted by Verity81
Going no contact isn't easy and mostly I felt overwhelming guilt despite the fact I knew to be around my mother and brother was damaging to me. Yes feeling lonely does keep is in the grip of abusers and also makes us minimise there toxicity.
The only real way forward is to begin to fill your life with people who respect you. I found that difficult as knowing who was good for me to be around was difficult and still is! But I guess that takes time. It's like if all you have known is dysfunctional then how do you know what's functional? It's easy to either let your guard down with other toxic people or see toxicity in other that stems from your anger and fear.
I hope you can begin to fill your life with loving people who although will not be perfect are not out to abuse you. Also I found that no contact meant just that, complete cut of. That way I couldn't be manipulated with guilt.
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I don't feel guilty I just have noone to talk to. After all they have done, they should feel guilty but they don't. My mother in particular apologised but it is worthless since she does the same things still. My sister once apologised when she was drunk but that might mean nothing and doesn't mean anything to me since she can't talk about these things when she is sober. It is a very political situation and I am the boat rocker. They all want to hide the dirty laundry and hate that I keep exposing stuff. It really is lonely though since I basically have one person call me other than family at the moment. I go nowhere except shopping and therapy really. No visitors except when someone wants something and even then it's rare. I get really bad when I am alone, like more destructive to property and uncaring about house work etc. I am a social person but one of those social people who gets drained by 'keeping up the mask' or whatever so I then need time alone. Like the mask of being normal/being like others. I can only be myself after knowing people for a long time and that doesn't usually work out well so here I am alone and bored. lol.