But, I warn you about confiding, because it backfired on me big time. I had so hoped my sisters would stand up to our mother with me, but one turned on me and the other remains very distant from our mother who has even more conflict between her and Mom, so certainly didn’t go to bat for me. However, I totally, always had their backs and would confront Mom to stop abusing them when it would occur. I’m not saying I’m a victim. I just had idealistic expectations and had to reframe that those ‘close’ people don’t think as much of me as I did of them.