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[quote=Anonymous]I think you have two options: Give her space, decline your engage if it feels unhealthy or is going in circles, respect her autonomy and right to her own interpretation of her childhood, invite her to things, try to stay connected however you can, and hope this is phase she comes out of eventually. While based on what you’re saying this is an extreme case, it’s not uncommon for someone in her early to mid 20s to see their childhood in a negative light and blame their parents for things. Or: Offer to do a couple of family therapy sessions with her current therapist. Maybe it would be helpful to move these discussions under a knowledgeable eye. This is particularly valuable if a) she’s exaggerating a lot of her childhood to her therapist, to clue her therapist in to the fact that she might not be a reliable narrator or b) if YOU are looking at her childhood with rose colored glasses and not seeing/understanding that a lot of her concerns are real. [/quote]
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