I’m tired of being the emotional punching bag for everyone around me. My friends use mental health to excuse how they treat me, I’m mentally ill also and have physical health problems. My family pretends all the horrible things that happened to me growing up are either my fault or an overreaction (including recorded abuse). My friends know this and while they support me and dislike my family I’ve been realizing they do the same stuff but it’s “different” to them. I feel like the cycle is continuing and my friends are also refusing to see why I’m upset. Im close to cutting them off but I love them and being friends for over a decade is making it harder. My boyfriend who is the only person who doesn’t treat me like this says I should probably put distance between us but knows why I don’t. I’m scared though, I feel like the same who child cried myself to sleep every night and having my feelings minimized about it. I hate it