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When someone trusts you with their life but not their choices

My sister asked me to be her emergency contact and power of attorney but she makes consistently destructive choices and I am scared of being responsible for decisions she might hate me for.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are being asked to love someone by potentially overruling their autonomy in their darkest moments.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.