First of all ... ...

You know, that black and white thinking thing runs both ways ... For instance her deleting your comment is not only disrespectful, it's kinda sayin' that if you don't think, feel and believe the way she does then you're not entitled to your opinion ...

I don't know if you are aware that I've been estranged from my immediate family for close to 20 years now ... I had reconnected with one sister and for five years we were working on establishing a healthier relationship. She then reconnected with one of my primary abusers and started denying any and all abuses that ever happened.

I thought it was healthiest for both of us to just accept the fact that we'd come to another fork in the road as it pertained to our childhood experiences and that before we started saying and doing things that would only serve to rewound us that perhaps it was best we went our separate ways.

It's not easy to make these types of choices, but it's most certainly in the best interest of our physical and emotional well-being, as well as our healing and recovery processes.

Time will ease all the hate and anger and hurt you're feeling right now ... Don't deny it its voice ... You don't have to continue a relationship with this aunt right now and as time heals you may eventually be able to reconnect with her. By then you'll have a clearer vision of who is and isn't welcome in your life based on how they're treating you.

For now though, just focus on you and what's best for you, and be extra patient, gentle and kind with yourself, okay?

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Pfrog