There are and will be people in your life who believe they have the power to tell you what to do, how you should live, think, etc. They'll even go so far to tell you that you're wrong when you don't live according to what they have told you; the things that are according to their beliefs for you, which is also their disdain for you.
I've lived through this for some decades. It started from childhood and even stands prevalent in my adulthood. Mind you I've been on my own since the age of seventeen upon entry into the Military which far qualifies me to; try and figure things out before I ask for help, if I ask for help at all. Most often times I won't. Not that I may not need help, I've had unfortunate experiences of asking for help only to be made fun of, talked about, or, the help was an agenda from the person(s) who helped me, leaving it to caution that I owed them at a later date. That's slavery. I have no parts of that.
I've pondered the question; "how many times and how long do people believe they can have their opinion to dictate my life through their eyes, and get upset, expecting an explanation from me of how I live my live not according to their opinion?" I didn't ponder this question for long as it began to make me physically sick. Without question that let me know that I've been in the company of diseased people, and their illness became my sickness in dead and stagnant relationships of relatives, friends, and associates. Family wouldn't do this to you and Family isn't always blood(DNA). Family can be a person(s) outside of your DNA that has cared and loved you unconditionally without the thought of obligation.
This new Century of my life is devoid of the aforementioned things and people. I didn't announce anything I just moved on. I didn't separate myself from certain people and things, I simply stopped communication cutting people and things out of my life. To separate is; temporary, there is a possibility of something coming back together. To cut off is; to dismember and/or severe, no further means of connection.
I encourage all who read this to 'dismember' all people and things from your life that are not conducive to and/or for you. If it brings no life, it is dead and killing you slowly. How many times and how long will you allow people and things to dictate your life? #thatsurthurty