Thank you CANDC. I spent 8 months with a therapist, and it was very helpful for me. My relationship with my family has always been strained and she helped me realize that I became who I am today despite them. It was, for lack of a better word, transformative to figure out that not only do I not need them, but I have never needed them. The unfortunate thing is that I let them back into my life after so many years away from them.

My sister and I never got along as kids, but I thought that maybe we had put that behind us. I don't know if we actually did for a while or if I simply stayed on her good side. I've dealt with narcissists before in my wife's family and with co-workers/bosses. But this behavior is just plain evil, almost cartoonishly so. I just can't wrap my mind around the idea that all four of them coordinated to slander me like this.

The thing is, I know they aren't finished with me. So, I feel like I'm going to spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder, waiting for their next attack.