I’m starting to feel suffocated
Hey guys, I just figured I'd go on this forum and ask you guys for some sound advice because I'm starting to feel extremely hopeless. So as those of you who followed along my story, I am 30 and I have two extremely narcissistic, emotionally, mentally, physically, you name it, abusive biological parents who are complete assholes. Sparing most of the details, they're cruel enough that they left me in a hospital, didn't even call to check in on me, cursed me out on my birthdays, burnt clothes down, cursed me out when my grandmother died, and they are now manipulating life because my younger brother, the only reason I keep contact with them. He is 20, gonna turn 21 this weekend and has autism, they act like they own him even though nobody has legal guardianship of him, and they don't let him out of the house without being glued to the hip with him, and it's really getting unhealthy. So I'm in a spot in my career where I'm relatively new doctor, not fully established, I'm kind of new, and my goal was to graduate from this one program I'm at, and after that, move my brother in. But it's getting unbearable, like, it's his birthday this weekend, and I was like, hey, can you just stay at my apartment for the weekend? And they're like, no, we can't let him do that. And they laughed and they gave their narcissistic laugh, and they're sick. And guys, I'm really trying hard not to let their sick behaviors get to me, but it's hard, and I'm praying to God for patience, but I wanna move towards a solution. Like, if any of you guys have any concrete solutions on how I can play this without getting hurt, if that makes sense, like, how can I break my brother free from these cruel people and not have them hurt us, any ideas would be greatly appreciated because it almost feels suffocating to have even an ounce of contact with these people. So I would really appreciate anything, guys. Love you all, and thank you for creating this community.