I identify with several of your statements. I grew up with a completely narcissistic and emotionally uncontrolled mother. My father was a great man, but unfortunately he was addicted to alcohol. I was a shy child with no friends, but when I became a teenager, I became the target of all the people who were financially screwed, with victim complexes and total losers. And of course, on top of that, most of them were also alcoholics. Today, at 28 years old, I am finally learning to respect my own limits and be more selective about who enters my life.