its taking everything
Adam,
If you have other options, to get away from the abuse 'history', perhaps you should take them. I know that I did not even start addressing these things until I was far, far away from the sources of the abuse. It sounds like you are still close enough to it, geographically, that you are influenced (or could be) by the abuse, the people involved, and people who know them. To me, it seems that keeps you in that 'abuse circle', and keeps it more a part of your life, if that makes any sense? You deserve better.
Leosha
If you have other options, to get away from the abuse 'history', perhaps you should take them. I know that I did not even start addressing these things until I was far, far away from the sources of the abuse. It sounds like you are still close enough to it, geographically, that you are influenced (or could be) by the abuse, the people involved, and people who know them. To me, it seems that keeps you in that 'abuse circle', and keeps it more a part of your life, if that makes any sense? You deserve better.
Leosha