Maybe that is the key @Hopeandlove ? You have been pushed aside and not supported for so long, so that when people reach out, it's damn hard to see it and then to accept it!
I hear that! It's totally not a walk in the park.
Yet the fact that you continue reaching out here, gives me hope that there is hope, even if it doesn't feel like it.
Even if I check-in with you when I'm on, it may help you to feel less alone in what you are going through.
I'm not expecting you to change your narrative overnight, but from my own experiences, I believe change CAN happen.
If you met me a few years ago, you would've run the other way! I was a horrible horrible person. Angry, resentful and unbearable. But yes, things have changed...
And the fact that I'm no one special, and the 'brain change' happened for me, I am confident you also have a chance.
I'm going to have to go soon, but I'd love to continue talking about this. I can perhaps invite you into this la-la brain of mine...
Every day when I wake up, I'm in awe of how my brain changed so much - in terms of how it things, perceives things and reacts.