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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  No other siblings and parents have passed on. Have shown last contact to therapist and have dealt with it in therapy.  Mentioned younger because birth order seems to matter in terms of how people deal with things.  Without going into too much detail, break in contact coincided with a happy event in my life.  Therapist suspected that jealously was involved.  [/quote]

Could be self-preservation if that is the case.

I'd characterize the relationship with one of my sisters as low-contact and surficial.  We had our arguments as kids but it went both ways.  It's clear in adulthood she doesn't like me and if I were to be honest we probably wouldn't be friends if we weren't family and just met somewhere randomly.  What annoys me is that she tries to turn extended family members against me, it's not enough for her just to keep her distance, she doesn't want others to like me either.  Whenever we do see eachother I feel like I'm walking on eggshells that I'll say the wrong thing.[/quote]

And this triangulation is narcissism. [/quote]

Who's the narcissist in this case, and what makes you qualified to diagnose from one paragraph?  I feel like a lot of people are throwing the term around in this thread (and forum in general) without really understanding what it means.[/quote]

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