Dear Katie:

“I’m very shy” because some people  in your life hurt you. Babies and young children are never shy until someone hurts them. Fast forward, your cousin is hurting you, so you stated many, many times. This means she is enforcing that shyness that prevents you from making friends. You don’t want people in your life who keep you very shy and lonely, you want people who help you get better, don’t you?

Look at the title of your thread: “I don’t know how much more I can take”, I will edit your title to make it specific (according to my suggestion to focus on one issue at a time instead of multi tasking): I don’t know how much more of my cousin I can take.

anita