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mayita

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Hi I am new here.... Today I divorced the last member of my family which whom I maintained contact. i just refuse totake any of the abuse and I need to let go of them. I just feel so lonely but it kind of beats the alternative.

My father was always verbally and physically abusive to my mother, however she is the worst of the 2 of them, because as much as he was abusive she is a sociopath. they are both messed up. Anyway, my dad was never that bad with me. Until he remarry and his new wife started abusing my sisters and me. My sisters are all dysfunctional. 2 of them are very bad alcoholics. I cannot be close to them as I have issues with alcohol, but I am sober now. I am functional, financially independent and normal. My main issue in life is that I have a hard time opening to people maybe because of my mother's emotional abuse. I am convinced she is a sociopath; she is unable to feel human emotion.

Five years ago one of my siblings told me my father sexually abused her. So I cut off my dad. My youngest sister is an alcoholic and she stopped talking to me when I stopped drinking as I was not willing for us to get wasted. My mother has always hated me. She told my family the best thing was for me to die. She said "I wish she dies". It was very hurtful to hear it. So anyway. I tried to make peace with that but I cannot. My older sister has not talked to me in about 6 years. Mostly all my siblings hate me because I stopped talking to my parents (my dad is a sexual abuser and my mother hates me so much that she wishes I was dead).

I only had contact with the only person in my family (sister). Her son stayed with me during last summer and he stole from me (took my credit cards without permission and got cash). I asked him to leave but my relationship with his mother became somehow strained.

yesterday I made a comment about her son visiting my father and she let me have it. She send me an email pretty much saying "I wish you burn in hell".

I cannot take the abuse anymore. I just can't. They are my family and my blood but I can't. I changed my email address today and my cell phone #. I know they are family and we have the same blood. But I can't.

I invited her before to stay at my house but I told her today please do not come. They are all overseas and she was going to come and I was going to pay for her trip, but now I don't want to pay. I want to be left alone. I wish God forgives me but I do not want to have any more contact with my family. I feel Some guilt, but I also know I am a good person. And I cannot take this anymore.
 

Retired

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Hello Mayita,

Sorry to hear abou your very difficult family situation. It sound like you made the right decision to take care of yourself first, because your own safety and mental and emaotional well being are foremost.

You may feel sad that the relationships with family members failed, but there should be no reason to feel any guilt, because according to your explanation, you did nothing to feel guilty about.

Blood relations are never a guarantee of compatibility, and numerous factors in family history, culture not to mention dysfunctional parenting can poison a family dynamic.

I was curious about your statement:

They are all overseas and she was going to come and I was going to pay for her trip,

Why do did you feel it necessary to pay the expenses of your family to visit you?

Do you have a strong support system of friends or other family members in the place you live to help you through this difficult time?
 

mayita

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well she was going to pay for the plane ticket and I was going to pay for the hotels and pretty much everithing else. Like shopping. Because my sister cannot afford to pay for that herself and our relationship was pretty good, until she said that I deserve to be in hell burning. I mean.... my whole family has benefited from me, I am somehow successful financially (or I am better than they are). I paid for plane tickets for my dad, for my sisters, I paid for a lot of stuff.

I also helped her to setup a very successful business. It is not like I left and never helped my family. I even sent my mom present after she wished I died. They all said my mother had a bad childhood, but I think that is an excuse.

I am not a bad person. I do not think I am a mistake. I am very blessed I have my pets and pretty much that is all the family I have.
 

heatherly

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You made a great step in your life, and I know it isn't easy. I wish I had divorced my mother and step dad years ago. I moved away, and that really helped because I had other friends and was able to change myself, not be like them.

I hope you don't feel guilty, because that is what kept me in a relationship with them both and then they died. and I felt relief. So don't make my mistake as I think you have a lot of wonderful years ahead of you without being abused.

I just divorced my sister, and it hasn't been easy due to the guilt, but it become less and less as the days go by, and I realize that I made the right decision, so you see, if if you do feel guilt, it will go away.
 

mayita

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I found and app on my android phone that pretty much blocks her phone number and I do not even have to see the missed call and I changed my email address. It is a pretty harsh change but you got to do what you got to do to survive

:(At least I have my pets and God, they both love me. I am not a mistake.
 
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