#34: Toxic is Toxic
Just because someone is your family doesn’t mean that you have to love them unconditionally if they have done something bad to you. People are always talking about how they have to love their family unconditionally, even when they have caused them some serious trauma in their lives.
We know it might be hard to imagine distancing yourself from your family, but sometimes that is the appropriate action to take. Not everyone is born into a loving family… Some people have to deal with a lot of hard things, so why should they have to stay in a framework that hurts them?