.:] venom [:.

Just recently my poor sister has had her ego ripped to shreds. "How do you handle it after someone has been to so mean to you?," she asked me.

My answer is this. After 20 plus years of folks second guessing you and insulting your intelligence in underhanded ways, you end up getting paranoid and have a nervous breakdown. Then ya get on meds, go through some therapy, and find out some truths about yourself. Finally you decide what is going to be your own truth. If the person who has hurt you, spews venom on you. Know what is true or not.

A good friend may criticize but what's the point of sticking a blade in and twisting? Then comes the hard part...YOU have to decide what you are going to take to heart and what you are going to have to let go. And if its that person... well, off they go....