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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect people who go no contact with relatives who have NO clue why it is happening were encouraged to do so by some well-meaning friend or therapist who is putting their own issues into their advice and justifying and even selling it as “protecting your own mental health”
It’s a toxic practice that tends to spread from one mal-adjusted person to another because sometimes misery loves company.[/quote]

This is all over DCUM. It's bizarre how many people think cutting people off -- friends or family -- is a good solution to difficulty. Estrangement is for really, really bad things.[/quote]

Estrangement is the "popular" thing to deploy nowadays. [/quote]
Agree, it’s being misused by misguided immature people looking for an easy way out.

In those cases it’s stonewalling instead of conflict resolution.

It’s like my 12 yo this AM not giving her sister what she had asked for and then throwing it in her face. 12 yo got in trouble, tried to stonewall and deflect and blame it on her father, who ordered her to hand it over.

Round and round they go: no one is mature enough to be accountable for their own actions. [/quote]

You're an idiot if you think cutting off family is easy or an "easy way out". Most of us by the time we hit our 20s have already spent a lot of time and effort trying to work things out with the dysfunctional people. You get to a point when you can identify those people who are never going to grow, be honest, and seriously work on the relationship. Plenty of you refuse to admit the awful things you've done. The people that love drama and mess usually never admit to anything they've done and never really try to change. If you grew up in a family where siblings were scapegoated, you're unlikely to ever treat those siblings as equals. No one should tolerate people who treat them as less than. Those of you posting this nonsense probably are not very honest about yourselves and your part in any misunderstandings. Most of you posting this mess probably just hate not having the punching bag around. [/quote]

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