Those close to me, I have instructed them if I am leaning on them too much -- depression, negativity, anger, or whatever -- they are to allow me five minutes to talk on the phone. Then, they are to say, gently but mean it absolutely, "Synergy, we've talked for five minutes. Now, I'm going to hang up. If you still need to talk in 15 minutes you can call me back." It was hard to convince those who love me to take this action. They said, but you NEED to TALK about it. I said, "Does it help YOU? Do YOU feel good when I talk like that." Of course, they say, no, it does not feel good to them. I say, "It's bad for ME. Therefore it's bad for both of us if I talk longer than 5 minutes." Just making this agreement has helped me SO MUCH.