LogFAQs > #940240263

With all the negativity going on lately, I think cutting out people who impact your life in a negative way is probably the best solution. Focus on those people who build you up, and who you love, or miss when you don't see them/talk to them in awhile. Family is supposed to be a source of security/love/happiness etc, but so often that is not the case.

I have a friend who has been dealing with a very similar issue, with a mother who puts him down all the time, and makes him feel like a failure. He still doesn't wanna give up on her (or the rest of his family), but I keep telling him to start his own, and create a family that makes him feel good about himself, and doesn't leave him drained or depressed every time he interacts with them.

Anyway, good for you on making such a hard decision, I know it can be hard to cut ties with someone, even if they have only been a negative influence in your life. I was never able to do that myself and only mostly cut ties with my own mother after getting married (as my wife and mother did not get along at all).

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