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This is a side fear of mine because my family had attempted to commit me, or used the threat of committal (but then decided against it because I might tell them what happened at home).
I watched my mom attempt to commit my brother under false pretenses into a psych ward because he asked her to participate in family counselling. My aunt has insisted I was in a psychosis when I caught her in a lie, and attempted to gaslight me into believing I have a poor memory, and accused me of lying about the abuse. I was no contact with my mom but my aunt has attempted to disregard my boundaries by handing out my address to my mother before she died. I think she did it to show me she doesn't believe me and to punish me for saying I was (reasonably) afraid of my superintendent. Of course my aunt swears up and down I attacked her about this information and swears she never said she almost gave my address to my mother (although she did). I have a concern she will continue at attempting to disregard my boundaries because I have changed my phone # and email so she can't contact me. I have a side fear of them intruding on my life in damaging ways. Last edited by Stillhuman; Dec 08, 2023 at 07:56 PM.. |
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Can you go "no contact" with your family, and work through what they did to you with a professional you trust?
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I am no contact but they know where I live. I am doing some cognitive processing with a therapist and we are working developing feelings of safety. Moving is on the menu right now too. |
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In the US, it would be very hard these days for relatives to commit you. I do not know about Canada, but probably the same.
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