This just popped in the the forum at the perfect time. After Easter I've been trying to figure out how to deal with my family members. They are, for the most part, wonderfully supportive. However I have a few attention seekers in my family who are using this as a way to talk about me, shove themselves in the spotlight and generally use my crummy situation to make themselves feel good.. And I don't mind some of it to a certain extent because I can just ignore it. But. I had a seizure, and was freaking out and my step sister,who's not a small lady was essentially suffocating me with a hug as I was sitting on the floor. I remember pushing her away, and apparently my boyfriend tried to outright tell her I don't want to be touched but she and my step mother sent him for the car (which pissed him off to no end.. My family keeps questioning how he deals with me, even though he's the one who's been taking care of me every day.) We left right after it was over, but I spent so much longer (hours instead of normally minutes) feeling ill, angry and scared after because of the way she acted. I know I can't just send an email and ask that no one touch me because that will be a clear slap in the face to her.
I guess I'll deal with it before the next family gathering, but I was so pissed off that she took it as an opportunity to act like the hero. And ramble about how I listened to her when she was cheating on her husband. And I'm so embarrassed because it was a freaking out crying type seizure this time, and I just know she spoke loudly and often of it when I left. Two weeks later and I'm still worked up over it. I know I should just be thankful though that I have family who are being kind, even just for their own crummy reasons! (And some who are wonderful because they're just great, caring people! I am definitely lucky, not forgetting that part too

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