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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 28 year old sister is doing this with my parents right now. My parents were far from perfect, but this is more about her personal healing than it is about them. And they (and you) need to respect that. If you don't, you risk losing her forever.[/quote]

OP here. Agreed, you can't argue with someone how they feel.  This is her narrative.  And one has to respect it.  But it is still bizarre. Things definitely got worse after counseling.  [/quote]

Maybe she has a bad therapist.

My parents decided to cut me off in college because I was dating somebody of a different race. I did not cut them off in return although their treatment of me was absolutely terrible and three psychologist told me to cut my parents off in response because just being in contact with them was causing me a lot of trauma because of their abandonment.

I am now in my mid-40s and they act like they did nothing wrong and I can barely stand to be around them. I wish I had listen to the psychologist and cut them off and never spoken to them again. Because doing so directly impacted other decisions in my life that I would not have made otherwise.

I’m not sure what’s going on with your child who is an adult now but I do wonder if there’s some thing you did that you are ignoring or maybe she just has a really bad mental health counselor who’s making things out to be worse than they ever were. [/quote]

OP here. That's horrible, with the racism.  And then to gaslight you.  [/quote]

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