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I Went No Contact with My Parents. I Regret It.

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By Christina Buttons Verified
| Manhattan Institute
Culture & Society 2 Minute Read A therapist told me my mom and dad were causing all my problems—so I cut them off for five years. When I was 19, my therapist told me I was not safe living with my parents. It was 2008, and I had been struggling with suicidal thoughts for a little while.
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I Went No Contact with My Parents. I Regret It

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By Christina Buttons Verified
| Lucianne.com
Original Article Posted By: Beardo, 8/14/2026 3:29:36 PM When I was 19, my therapist told me I was not safe living with my parents. It was 2008, and I had been struggling with suicidal thoughts for a little while. I had admitted this to my best friend, who recommended her therapist to me, and in the months that followed, that therapist told me that my parents were "toxic" and "coercive"; I needed "boundaries." Suddenly, all my problems had a tantalizingly simple root cause: my mom and dad.
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I Went No Contact with My Parents. I Regret It. Original

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By Christina Buttons Verified
| The Free Press Verified
“We have two adult children, a son aged 30 and a daughter aged 27. We are estranged from them both,” wrote a 60-year-old mom. “Our oldest son, 27, has gone no contact with our entire family,” wrote a 57-year-old mom. “It seems like she’s been influenced by the “no contact” movement too common in her generation, which rejects normal parents as toxic,” wrote yet another mom, this one 55, whose daughter doesn’t speak to her.
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