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In response to "this isn't meant so much as a request for anything from ST or anything, or necessarily as a rant by me, but I need to just vent for a moment . . . " by i'm not dead yet !

that sounds really tough. you need to decide what is the most important thing to you. and

Posted by Andie Oct 2 '14, 11:19

make sure that everything you do supports that goal. if you are spending time and energy on something tht isn't supporting the most important item on your list, ask yourself why.

can you just cut your family off for now? if they are adding nothing but stress and refuse to do anything to change that themselves, then you can't waste your own energy on that.

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Agreed. I would cut off the family before the others. There is upside in the others while the family is the drag right now. They'll still be there - pmb Oct 2, 11:24 5
- the problem is that i'm currently at least partically dependant on some of them to get by . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 2, 11:30 4
  - There are degrees of this. Let me suggest that you emotionally divest yourself for a while without actually putting yourself out on the street. - pmb Oct 2, 11:35 1
    - this. Also, when somebody is involving you in a conversation that you do not care for, tell them that they need to stop it. -- nm - zork Oct 2, 11:44
  - Sounds like some of your family is being supportive, which is a good thing! -- nm - kelly Oct 2, 11:34
  - i doubt it could work this way, but is there a way to spread your grad school year over a longer amount of time? release the pressure a bit? -- nm - Andie Oct 2, 11:32

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that sounds really tough. you need to decide what is the most important thing to you. and

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