I posted before christmas about the extremely negative thoughts I was having about my mother in the run up to christmas, and a little of how it played out. Short thread here
Before we left I told them in vague terms that I didn't want to see them again. I have made an appointment with my GP to hopefully get a counselling referral, as I would like to talk my decision through with someone neutral. I either want to know that this is a sensible decision, not just something I felt in the stressful environment of a family christmas, or, if I change my mind and get back in contact, that it is the right decision for me and not capitulating to my family.
So, the way I was feeling before Christmas was definitely exacerbated by a general dread of the whole family getting together, but even in normal life I don't like my parents and too much time spent with them always brings me down. Is that enough to go no contact? Given the consequences in the family as a whole? I have three siblings who are sympathetic to greater and (much) lesser degrees.
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Is simply being happier when you don't see your parents reason enough to not see them any more?
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bisley · 27/12/2012 13:06
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