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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up with one parent who was most definitely emotionally and verbally abusive, though there was no physical violence that I remember. Creating boundaries with that parent was a big emotional job in my late teens and 20s. I did it. I have a low contact relationship with her that works pretty well. [b]I’ve never really gone to therapy for this but the most therapeutic thing in my life is building my own family in a different way. My teen and young adult children see their relationship with me as strong and loving. I think it’s the best we can do[/b].[/quote]

I’m the pp whose sibling is using her role as executor to harangue and harass me. I have also done the bolded above. I worked hard to break the cycle and create the kind of family situation I would have liked to have grown up in. My family is not perfect, of course, but things are so much better than with my family of origin.

It is partly because of the strong bonds of love present with my spouse and children that I can withstand the blows my sibling attempts to send my way. It apparently bothers her to no end that I simply do not react to her attempts to provoke me, but that is what moving on and beyond looks like. [/quote]

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