Hello there - I am happy to have hopefully found some support and resources for this difficult circumstance.
I am trying to help and support a friend who is dealing with estrangement from his 20+yr old daughter, which has been going on for over 4 years now.
It is heart breaking to watch how devastating this is has been for him. The sheer abruptness of this and with no explanation as to why there has been no contact I think is the most difficult. Also because she is now an adult, he has no parental rights to try to get an information about her. I might add, she has had a history of mental health issues, so not sure how much of that is playing into this estrangement. From what I understand they had a very healthy and loving relationship up until the estrangement, not sure what triggered this. And no explanation was given, so he is blaming himself or trying to figure out what he did wrong.

I want him to be hopeful but yet not sure if that is only prolonging the pain? I have tried to explain/rationalize that unfortunately, this is out of his control. And that he can control how he reacts to this situation. I think he feels like he would be giving up on his daughter if he came to accept this, however, he doesn't really have a choice.
He has been missing her and dwelling on his loss and having a really hard time focusing on moving forward. If anyone has some additional resources, words of wisdom or support, please send my way.
thanks in advance & look forward to hearing from you all