People often take advantage of me too. One of them was someone I met in a support group. She is blind, mentally ill, and homeless. So of course I felt sorry for her. I paid over $500 to stay a week at an extended stay hotel. I bought her groceries. I drove her everywhere she wanted to go. One time she called me at night and said she needed to go to the psychiatric hospital. So I drove her there and we waited for hours before the doctor would see her. They admitted her, but i didn't get back home until 2 am (luckily this was a Friday).

I finally decided to start setting boundaries. She wanted me to drive her to the support group on Tuesday evening. But my city is huge, and she lived so far from where I live, that i probably wouldn't have got home until after 11. So I told her I couldn't do that.

A few days later, she sent a text telling me to kill myself and calling me the C word. As soon as I stopped doing everything for her, she turned on me. So I blocked her number. Sometimes you have to do that to protect yourself.

Just letting you know that you're not the only person who gets taken advantage of. I'm trying to learn to be better about it and say no.