Well done! I have discovered that growing up with so much disfunction, being empathetic, and also wanting peace in my own life, has caused me to not create the drama myself, but to let those with big drama into my life. Its like an internal drug. I also do not have lots of friends. I carry some shame and guilt. Never good enough, etc. I could walk into a room of 100 people and end up talking with the most dysfunctional. (moving away from that these days) but thats been history for past many years. They are often very needy, have ongoing crisis, etc. I had to ask myself what this does for me. Some of their life may be funny or even comical as they perform in their own life. It is a distraction from looking at my own stuff as well as exciting compared to my boring life. I like my boring life though. I heard this referred to as an "internal drug", that is, finding dramatic, toxic, crisis people.
