Hi @D94
Thanks for your post and sharing with us your struggles in managing these difficult relationships in your life. Those are some large and existential questions you are musing on… I don’t know if there is any one ‘right’ answer, but I hope we can help you nut out your thoughts a little bit more.
Walking away from ‘toxic’ relationships, especially if they are longstanding, can be really hard. Human beings are creatures of habit. Many people find themselves engaging in unhelpful or unproductive behaviours/activities/relationships in life, even though their logic recognises it isn’t good for them. So in terms of figuring out how to break away from these relationships… I wonder could I flip the question around and ask, what do you think is keeping you there? What is making you stay?
Look forward to hearing more of your story.
Take care,
Mosaic.