Is it okay to never talk to family again?

If you feel like you never want to talk to a family member again, and you are serious about cutting off communication, I recommend you do this with as much social support as you can muster, and also that you talk to a therapist if you have the resources.

When do families stop speaking, I’m done?

The choreography is intricate and detailed but the process is predictable: A family member feels insulted, slighted, wounded and injured by someone else in the family. They then confront the offending family member with the alleged crime, and the insult is generally not understood or even remembered by the “perpetrator.”

Can a family member go off speaking terms with you?

It’s astounding to me how many people I know, both clients and personal acquaintances, who have had family members go off speaking terms with them: siblings who become estranged, adults who electively orphan themselves, ageing parents who refuse to speak with their own children, and close friends who suddenly terminate friendships.

Why are family members not speaking to each other?

Janet is a grandmother of four who’s got a great relationship with her two sons but whose daughter Shelly hasn’t talked to her since she divorced Shelly’s father. Why are so many family members not speaking to each other these days? If I had to isolate the common thread in these situations, I’d have to say it’s because of intolerance.

Why do families say ” I’m done ” so often?

The dance of “I’m done” is often repeated within a family for years, even decades. The choreography is intricate and detailed but the process is predictable: A family member feels insulted, slighted, wounded and injured by someone else in the family.

The choreography is intricate and detailed but the process is predictable: A family member feels insulted, slighted, wounded and injured by someone else in the family. They then confront the offending family member with the alleged crime, and the insult is generally not understood or even remembered by the “perpetrator.”

It’s astounding to me how many people I know, both clients and personal acquaintances, who have had family members go off speaking terms with them: siblings who become estranged, adults who electively orphan themselves, ageing parents who refuse to speak with their own children, and close friends who suddenly terminate friendships.

Janet is a grandmother of four who’s got a great relationship with her two sons but whose daughter Shelly hasn’t talked to her since she divorced Shelly’s father. Why are so many family members not speaking to each other these days? If I had to isolate the common thread in these situations, I’d have to say it’s because of intolerance.

The dance of “I’m done” is often repeated within a family for years, even decades. The choreography is intricate and detailed but the process is predictable: A family member feels insulted, slighted, wounded and injured by someone else in the family.