Dear Erin:

In your original post, you wrote: “Everything is changing. It feels like it will be a good thing? but it feels horrible”-

– change is often uncomfortable, and sometimes it feels horrible even though it is a good thing. To no longer live with a mother who mistreats you is definitely a good thing even when it feels horrible. Same is true about ending a romantic relationship that caused you much distress for too long.

In your recent post you wrote: “My mother seems to have taken what we said to heart. I feel a huge shift!”- I am not sure I understand: are you saying that your mother changed her mind and no longer wants you (and your step sister) to move out?

anita