Going No-Contact with Your Family

No one makes this decision lightly. But if your interactions with your family members routinely cause you pain, or leave you feeling anxious or depressed, you may start to wonder whether you would be better off just walking away.

Most likely, you will only make this decision once you have exhausted all other options--trying to communicate how you feel, asking your family members to treat you differently (better), setting boundaries by limiting contact with them. These are all worthwhile approaches to trying to change the dynamics in your family relationships.

But sometimes they don't work--your family may refuse to see how they are hurting you, crash through the boundaries you set, or deny any responsibility for the problems you see in the family relationships.

In short, they may leave you with no option other than walking away. Going "no contact" makes it sound like it was our choice when, in reality, THEY chose to abandon US, rather than facing the family problems honestly.

We understand how hard it is to make this decision--we've talked about it many times in our podcast --including the April 11, 2020 and the March 1, 2026 episodes--check them out if you are looking for some support, or additional insight.

Sending you love as you walk this path ❤️