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Chief
Bild a great wall round ur availabilitee
No see, no problemm
Fam is fam but at the end of de day, ur life is ur life
1. Therapy and lots of it
2. Moving 1500 miles away
3. Setting boundaries. Cannot be alone with my kids and we stay in a hotel when we visit. When my mom starts to guilt trip during a phone call, I politely end the conversation. Don’t accept financial gifts, as those are weaponized against me. Boundaries are very specific to the situation.
4. Talk to my partner when I have negative feelings or recall a repressed memory.
2 really resonates with me… moved as far away on the continental US as I could lol
You deal with them with boundaries and distance
Rising Star
I don’t. Set boundaries. When broken, cut them off.
ACOA support group meetings. It’s for adult children of alcoholics or dysfunctional families.
I didn’t go for the longest time because my parents were not active alcoholics. I was pleasantly surprised how many people in the meetings come from dysfunctional families!
Enthusiast
Distance
Amazing thing about narcissistic parents: Once you move away they never visit!
Chief
need more context
Chief
HRM is right. u need distance
Be more toxic
using serum
Enthusiast
Therapy. Codependents Anonymous.
Estrangement and then therapy to fix the damage
Rising Star
This has been my solution with my in-laws. I’ve decided to go no contact and am in therapy to deal with what they’ve put me through. A silver lining!
Moving away helps a lot. Now I plan to get therapy and focus on myself
Don't speak to them
I moved across country. One of the best decisions I ever made. The issue is a sibling. It’s sad to me but oh well. Still regularly speak with my parents and other sibling by phone and they visit.
When none of the boundaries were sufficient, I blocked my toxic sibling and went no contact.
Rising Star
Hazmat suit
Distance
Cut them off and move across the country 🙃
Quarantine
Rising Star
Let the punishment for the crime.
Rising Star
Fit not for