Would you cut off a toxic family member?

[musicloverr8]

I feel the need to cut off toxic family members a lot.
In fact, I don't mind being distant from my whole family.
It sounds cold, but I feel like it's almost part of growing up?
There has been so much trauma in my family and I need to heal and separate from them.

Yes, I need to put my self first and ignore negative influences

No, i try to keep it civil

Other (Comment below)

[FunkyMonkee]

Most of my life I had avoid my dad because nothing I did was ever good enough for him and, if any of my sibs did shit he didn't like, I got blamed for it!! I eventually won the battle with him by the time I was in my early 30's and then my brother-in-law started in!! He was at least 4 or 5 years older than me but, acted like he was still in grade school!! I did NOTHING to him except try to be a friend and he did nothing but tease the fuck out of me and treat me like a low-class piece of shit, like we're still in the 5th grade He was already in his late 30's, at the time!! One night, while working (he was a visiting nurse that had rounds during the night), the stupid fucker killed himself in the car (taking medicine and drinking, which put him to sleep at the wheel on a very cold night with icy roads) and nearly killed a girl in another car!! Up to this point, I was mostly friendly with my brother but, every so often, he'd get his period and was no fun at all to be around!! When he was a baby, he'd SCREAM HIS HEAD OFF, ALL FUCKING DAY LONG for NO REASON!! Because of this, he had to have a hernia operation by the time he was 2!! Once George died, my brother took over being a fucking RAGING asshole!! Eventually, his friends severely fucked him over and got him arrested twice for child molestation, which he never even did!! Once he got out of jail, he was really nice, again!! That lasted about 3 to 5 months! Almost in a heartbeat, he became an even bigger flaming asshole than he was before!! Then, one morning, he got in his car and drove away. A couple hours later, the cops came to the door to tell us the he killed himself by jumping off a bridge!! Then I had to deal with those two cunts that used to be my sisters!! They severely fucked over mom and I a couple years ago and, if I EVER see either of them again, I'm gonna get a Louisville Slugger and park their fucking worthless heads in the cheap seats!!!

[TheUniqueOne96]

Yeah, I have done so to one and then another decided to stop talking to me too, so screw them as well.

[Random18x]

Yes, done it almost half my family. At some point you stop trying to understand where they’re coming from and no longer care to try and fix the issue. It feels good and refreshing when you finally let go & live life the way you please.

[Msputiton]

Yes i already have with a few of them
If you are hurting my mental health, your ass gots to go.

[OlderAndWiser]

I have cut off contact with an older sister, who happens to be the spawn of Satan.

[Vendela]

Yes and I have. My mental health is getting better because of it.