My body hurts, I'm not sleeping, etc., etc.

My DH, OSS, YSS, and even DS (all kids are late teens and being very much late-stage teenagers) are treating me like I can be ignored and talked down to unless they need something. And DH just seems to argue with me no matter what I say, even it is just to give a piece of information (like "I fed the dog"). I have been calling them on it but I'm tired of it. I was getting so frustrated, worrying about it, wondering what the hell I was doing, what bug was up their butts. I needed to do something different for me.

I figured I would stop talking to them unless I had to (no reminders, no advice, no extra conversations) while I just take a breather. I'm not pouting or hiding, I'm not shirking doing things around the house, I'm not unpleasant or passive-aggressive, I'm just not making any extra effort for them. Basically I disengaged from all of them.

What a difference. I feel lighter. I slept better. My back, arm, shoulder, leg, heel, hips, etc. are hardly bothering me. My attitude is better. I am calmer. I took myself emotionally and mentally out of the mix to just think but it turns out that that seems to be working for me. Amazing how much tension I carry in my body.