I have a short list of people I regularly talk to: my grandparents, my best friend Jessica, and my sister. Most recently I have been texting my brother every day because he has been helping me move out and has been SO supportive.

I live with my parents, and they are toxic people to live with, henceforth, the need to move out.

The problem is, my parents moved me out of state and I have only made one solid friend...someone I only see every three months unless I get lucky.

I am very, very lonely, so in a given day I call my friendlist in a vicious cycle...I start by calling my sister...she has PTSD so very rarely picks up, then Jessica, then grandparents, then Jessica, then sister again...a few times a week I'll text the friend I have up here...this list of friends can be called two or three times a day.

And then there's my brother. We do not speak much, but he has been so supportive of helping me move out, and for over a week I'll text him once a day giving him updates.

I worry I am crossing so many lines by going through my friend list once or twice a day...that it is unhealthy to call or text my friends and relatives once or twice a day.

I don't know how to solve this habit. Ultimately, I am very lonely and the parents make the loneliness felt to the extreme. I'm curious if I need to learn how to live independently or if I need to make friends. Mind you, it's hard making new friends in a pandemic.

My grandparents tend to feel strain if I call too much, so I try to make it appoint to email them with non-important updates and call them for big news...but that doesn't always work that way.

My sister will call me when she can, but we are more pen pals. And Jessica and I talk the most, she will tell me if she's not in the mood to call or text and I will do the same for her.

And my big issue right now is with my brother. I don't want to overly text him, but I do want to update him on my progress and I am forming a new relationship with him because normally we don't text much, and I'd hate to drive away that relationship by overly texting him.

Any advice?