Hello, Ian and welcome! I hope you will stick around because I think that there are more of us than not who find support from peers (others with mental illness) than we do with family/friends.
Honestly, I am very impressed by your self-awareness. I hope you give yourself a lot of support.
I agree that seeing a therapist could be a life-changer for you, in terms of knowing where you are in your life, regardless of how the people around you behave,
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