Reply to For people who have distanced themselves from family members...

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "For people who have distanced themselves from family members..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]How have you dealt with feelings of regret? Especially as it pertains to children?

I saw several threads today on estrangement today and thought it was very close to something I have been dealing with.

My mother is a BPD nightmare, alcoholic / pain killer demon, and her insanity has cost me and my three girls several relationships with extended family members. The extended family members basically feel uncomfortable having a closer relationship with us than my mother does, and refuse to admit she has a problem despite decades of hospitalizations and tons of issues. They all grew up with some kind of abuse, and are in times of stress, verbally and emotionally abusive.

I want to protect my children from her, but I wasn't planning on having them not know anyone in my family, and am feeling guilty. At the end of the day, I would prefer living with that guilt than exposing them to the extended family's weird dynamics, but I am really having trouble coping with this reality.... which makes me essentially an orphan.

Advice? [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics