Posted here for traffic:
I can't go into detail because what I would disclose would be incredibly outing, it is not a drip feed.
I am deliberately estranged from my family as an adult because of child sex abuse committed by them as well as other types of abuse (emotional abuse, gas lighting) and I have recently made a disclosure to the police about them due to a minor being in contact with them.
I am in my thirties and now live in a safe place, but something that is on my mind is that if I had a serious accident that a decision to withdraw care etc. or if I died, whether it be due to suicide or to something else, how would my family find out... or would they at all? (I've asked for my hospital / GP records to not link me to them.
Registration at my GP has asked for a next of kin but I have put 'N/A' because although I have an abundance of supportive friends that know my background, I wouldn't want to put that pressure upon them. (This attitude is most probably a projection of past pains from my childhood).
My GP/medical records/mental health team are aware of everything in my past because I like to be very open so they can help me as much as possible and they do.
Not a nice topic, but if anyone has any genuine information about such things, can you please reply? Thank you very much.