I'm glad you got to see the situation at home through other peoples' eyes.
That. Because that's often what people like us need. Someone from the outside who comes in and sees what's going on and says, "No, Iris, you're not crazy. These people
are users who are taking advantage of you to the max."
Or, as the friend said who triggered my decision to leave: "What you're living is with abuse. And you don't have to put up with it."