It is a good thing to do :)
It was rough but I'm doing better now, thank you. That's true, if they're only there when you're being happy or worse feel you have to pretend to be happy, it's not great. I've realised sometimes you need to really feel the hurt and let yourself be sad and angry before you can let go, whereas a lot of people seem to want you to just cheer up immediately. I'm sorry you've been through such a bad time with family *hugs*