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Feel lost after being so needed

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Dunnowhat2donow · 26/07/2024 10:08

You may think I’m being silly but my daughter recently divorced after an abusive marriage. My husband and I supported her and our 2 young grandchildren all through the very messy, upsetting and nasty divorce (him reporting her to child services, stopping child maintenance, trying to stop her universal credit by telling lies, delaying divorce, upsetting children so they don’t want to go to access visits etc, etc etc, it’s incessant). The abuse to her continues via text and he has narcissistic tendencies. We take kids to and from school so she can work full time and we paid off the EH so she could stay in the house. It’s consumed so much of our life for nearly 2 years and affected my mental health. Now it’s all finalised, as much as it can be, with just the general nasty messages and dropping/picking up kids for her to deal with , I feel so lost . It’s good she’s moving on now and has a new partner so her and the kids are happy. They are planning a future together with a new home. Now I feel like I’m not needed anymore and it’s hard for me to deal with. Any advice?

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RappersNeedChapstick · 29/07/2024 21:17

It does sound like you've been in survival mode for a couple of years and I can understand you feeling lost now that they are more settled.

Have you thought about what you want for now?

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