My family or my desires?

It's not difficult for me to determine this answer really. Family, of course, because without family, there's practically no one to share any achievements, past memories, stories or occurrences at the moment. I mean, you can always do that with a close friend, but the feeling of emptiness will always be present. People without families are most likely to feel lonely or isolated, leading to depression, thus suicides and mental instabilities. Am I right? I was separated from my family when I was 11. It didn't occur to me how much more heartache than relief of responsibilities would impact me the first couple of weeks. I had a bit more freedom right, it's what I had been craving. The childhood of a normal eleven year old. You see, the problem is, no matter how much I loathed or envy other people on what they have, I realized that without anyone encouraging, motivating me to follow my dreams I was hardly human. I know, you have to accomplish this for yourself, but guess what? I need praise for what I accomplish. Every human needs love. Every human needs care. Even from a friend because hell, they can be family too.