The document discusses the author's experience separating herself from controlling family members. She withdrew from people after leaving home for the first time to avoid needing to return. Though distancing herself from her mother was difficult, she could not talk to her controlling father. Realizing what she was missing by closing herself off, she met her second husband who helped her channel negativity. Her spirituality also helped her deal with a controlling daughter by separating herself to avoid falling back into old patterns.

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I did so notice as if you, I got eventually to learn to mature by myself and obtain around.. . not these
types of things. I have no idea, but Personally i think at ease given that many others 're going
through exactly the same.
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Personally i think the urge to start out afresh, however the only solution to succeed in that's get out,
be by yourself for some time and then go on it there. However, .
The thing that basically bothers me about not speaking with my mother and keeping my distance
from her (it is the only thing that bothers me really) may be the fact that I cannot talk to my father.
He and I were close always, and I really do miss him. He could be not area of the whole controlling
thing. He's the sort to help keep quite and prevent confrontation no matter what. It's unfortunate
because my parents come in their 80's.
I withdrew from people generally when I first got from my own. I didn't marry my first husband for
love, and then keep from needing to return home, that was horrible of me, but I cannot change it out
now. I never exposed to anyone until I met my second husband. I closed myself off since it made life
so easier. However the day I met him, I realized what I was missing and just why.
That realization I believe is what propelled me out of surviving in days gone by, and showed me how
exactly to (as you said) channel the negative. Although I'm not just a Christian, I really do turn to my
spirituality for comfort and guidance, which includes helped me with my very own daughter. It is
rather hard to break the nasty cycle of controlling behavior, and unfortunately I've found that I must
separate myself from the foundation of it to avoid myself from falling back to it.
. I have no idea how offensive it really is,