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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are truly free and full of joy, why post about it and spend more of your life on talking about a toxic relationship to strangers?  You still sound enmeshed. [/quote]

Because it feels fantastic!

You did not have to read this post. You can make a decision not to comment, not to read, etc, etc. Are you the same poster who keeps posting critical comments?

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NP. That PP isn’t entirely wrong though. I always find the DCUM discussion t on estrangement and cutoffs to be fascinating because in my real life, the only people I know who have done this tend to be both unhappy and highly dramatic. I’d never describe them as full of joy, at least. [/quote]

You have not conducted a study on this or researched this topic. You are one person with a few experiences with people who are estranged, and it sounds like you are making judgments they are "dramatic" without all the facts about what happened in their lives. They probably aren't telling you everything.

If you want facts and a researched book on the topic, I suggest The Power of Parting.

"...At least 27 percent of Americans are estranged from a parent, sibling, or other family member. He also learned why so much stigma surrounds this common—and often lifesaving—phenomenon. Even among therapists—the professionals who would seem most attuned to the pain relatives can inflict—there’s a bias toward reconciliation, when millions of their patients need instead to escape their abusers’ grip. Estrangement, Dolan realized, should be understood and embraced, not shrouded in shame...."

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733809/the-power-of-parting-by-eamon-dolan/[/quote]

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