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When Family Protection Means Family Exile

My brother won't let me around his kids because of what I did and I understand why but it's killing me to be erased from my family like I never existed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Necessary boundaries can feel like permanent banishment, creating isolation within the very relationships needed for healing.

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