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I have been following this community for about 2 years now. And in that time I have posted a couple of questions and went on one call-in show for advice about what to do about my relationship with my parents, and donated a little. But I have not felt comfortable doing more then that, even though I think this saved my life from a whole lot of troubles down the road. This isolation is something that has happened because of my parents and their internalized forms in me. Most of the things that have happened since this show have spiraled down to my current situation: unemployed, with a little money saved up, no real friendships and still at home, and completely isolated and anxious for the last month. I'm going to give this a try and start asking for some help. I've been facing increased anxiety almost every day while my parents were home or when they weren't for the past month or so since I quit my job. The anxiety was aimed at how there was constant screaming and conflict between my parents or them and my brother or just the anticipation of what my father, who usually initiates most conflicts, might try to say to me next. I am trying to assert my boundaries with them and thus I have written an e-mail that I have partly sent to them previously, partly written now. Here is the e-mail in it's entirety( the links might not work): I'm curious what the community thinks about sending this e-mail to my parents. What I have the greatest fear about is that the anxiety will have a great impact on my performance and and finding a new job to support myself and move out, which at the moment is something I am considering, alongside starting to see if I can get weakly therapy sessions from my therapist.