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In response to
"I read your clips on backboards and wondered how you managed to survive such a collective of crazy yourself? -- nm"
by
Qale
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me, too, sometimes.
Posted by
b. (aka starrynit)
Dec 8 '17, 19:09
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what I've shared just scratches the surface, unfortunately; and there are other unstable family members, too.
I've been impacted in a bunch of sucky ways, despite efforts; but, for sheer survival, distancing helps, especially for those of us who are naturally really empathetic.
I still care, of course; but I've had to..
- work to not let people take me down with them, because they will.
- recognize that I can't care more about other people than they care about themselves because it will literally make me sick.
- get that trying to make sense of insanity is crazy-making, and that I can't expect people with regular mental issues and/or those caused by physical issues or medication to think and act in the range that makes up normal/healthy/smart.
- not invite drama into my life by letting dramatic people succeed in pulling me in for their own reasons/to make themselves feel better by making others feel worse/etc.
that's a quickety take delayed in sharing by sister #1's husband calling to warn me she told him she wants to leave the hospital she's in, either to go home or go to another kaiser hospital. with her current status, no freaking way she should do either. (I let b-i-l vent, as usual - when I think about how hard it's been for me dealing with her, I think of him living with her for xx crazy/stressy years.)
on we go.
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