Thank you for asking.

It's been almost a month since I talked to my grandmother (or really anyone in my family besides my niece) and about three weeks for my brother.

I texted my aunt about a week ago about something and she mentioned that everyone is fine.

I'm...the decrease in the amount of stress in my life simply because I stopped talking to them is remarkable. I told my therapist and a friend that I'm considering going two months because mentally I'm improved by the lack of so much stress. I still have a ways to go in my recovery journey, but a HUGE part of my problem in all these 20 years of mental treatment had been that I needed to get away from my dysfunctional/abusive family.

I definitely feel so much lighter.