toxic relationships

I always try my best to be a kind person, but my mental health struggles can often cause me to be toxic and frankly very cruel towards friends and family. Some examples of this are: I vent to others without prior permission or warning. I rely on others too heavily for help when they are...

I respectfully confronted my mother a couple of months ago with the emotional abuse from her I had experienced. This after much counselling and preparation. The response from my mother was anger and shut down. My siblings, since learning of my disclosure, had varied responses: denial, anger...

I'm trying to understand alcoholism, my 'ex' is a wonderful person, but also a heavy drinker, sometimes a pain in the arse, sometimes not. Always in the pub after work saying he missed me,(we lived together) always there till closing on a Friday. Hes not going to give up booze for me, so why do...