Dear Sadconfused, I highly suggest that you read the posting fro m yesterday---made by Learn2live, called "safety zone". I think it would probably resonate with you.
It really resonated with me!! I think, so often, that because the destructive effects of the toxic people in our lives are not visible, or easily described to others---we discount their importance. It then, eats away at us silently---like a yet undetected cancer.
I wish everyone would read that post, because it speaks to what is at the essence of all us humans.
dandylion