Toxic Family Destroys Lives

5 Raw Truths Nobody Tells You About Difficult Relatives

Ever felt that knot in your stomach when your phone rings and you see your mom’s name on the screen?

Or maybe you’re considering faking a sudden illness before the next family lunch, just so you don’t have to deal with that uncle who won’t shut up about your love life? If so, welcome to the “My Family Is a Nightmare” club.

Let’s be honest: family can be a real hell. Those people who are supposed to be your safe haven are often the same ones who make you want to run to the ends of the earth and change your identity.

And the worst part? Everyone acts like we have to put up with this crap just because “it’s family.” What a load of bull.

Signs Your Family Is More Toxic Than Nuclear Waste

Constant emotional manipulation You know that crushing guilt feeling? Yeah, it’s probably courtesy of your family.

You know when your mom says “do whatever you want” but then spends a week making you feel guilty?

That’s emotional manipulation at its finest. Example: Maria decided not to go to her second cousin’s wedding, someone she barely knows.

Her mother spent the next month saying things like, “Poor your cousin, he was so…