I am having great anxiety over my sister who is a rabid, hostile, bully. I take up for myself and my mother and brother but the toll it takes on me is enormous. I am filled with anxiety and fear whenever she is involved because I know it will always get ugly with screaming and name calling. It’s bad when the abusive person is in your own circle. There is no getting away from it. I’m not sure what to do. I try to stand up to her and it gets worse. It helps to talk about it here. I guess I need to realize that she has no power over me and that screaming and name calling can’t hurt me. Forget her.