You can't control a rodeo, but you can try to make it meet the fire code.
Madness string 8724
Believe your own lies all you like, but don't go pawning them off on others.
I've experienced a therapist retiring after I said something she did not like. That is a certain type of abuse all on its own. Even if they were getting ready to retire they do not get you to open up to them and then drop you without closure. That is real abandonment.