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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I have a mentally ill sibling who does something similar (minus the packages).  Emails, letters, texts, phone calls - all filled with the most horrible things imaginable.  However, we haven't had to go to the lengths you describe to block him out.  We are split into two factions in the family - those who just don't read or look at anything, and those who do and take it personally.

I am in the former faction - I'll read the first few words of whatever it is, and if it's not informative and is clearly nutty, I just delete.  I have not the slightest amount of curiosity as to what else is in there.  I don't pick up the phone if he's in one of "those" moods, and I just ignore the texts.  None of this bothers me at all, because I attribute all his words to his mental illness, and it just doesn't feel personal at all.  He doesn't have the ability to bother me.  On the other hand, there are a few people in the family who actually read his stuff and talk to him, and then get upset about it.  I don't understand why they can't just ignore and see it's not about them at all, but for some reason they can't.

I'm also not sure why your family can't just ignore it all, not even reading or opening packages.  Why not just send it all straight to trash and forget about it?  I mean, you know it's awful, why would you even read or listen to the rest after realizing it's her calling?[/quote]

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