Toxic parents don't realise that they are toxic. They seem to just want to win a battle. I withdrew from my parents and did not want to tell them much either. I grieved about not having good relationship with my parents and felt neglected. In the end, my doctor suggested that it was quite normal to feel like that but to just move on, and not spend much time with them. I did just that, I was 18 at the time, and not living with them, but continued to feel their influence. They wanted me at home every weekend. My doctor's advice made sense as it didnt seem logical to subject myself to toxic relationships. I made the obligatory visits like Christmas, and then later that too was reduced. I now have an amicable relationship with my parents (one of them is a step father) and do not rely or expect too much out of them.