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Dee_76New Contributor
I’m struggling at the moment, I have had some bad thoughts over the last couple of days. I’m ok today. I found this group as my tech listens to me and showed up in my facebook feed. I spoke to a new psychologist today who want me to see a psychiatrist and I don’t know what to expect and I have no friends outside of work. Just needed to get that out.
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Leeanne1Senior Contributor
@Sadness2015
Anytime you need to talk I'm here to listen.
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Sadness2015Senior Contributor
@Leeanne1 - I think I finally have it now....
How long have you been going through parental alienation? Only if you want to share -
My daughters were 7 and 12 when I ex-husband kidnapped them and disappeared - despite what the court said.... useless attorney, so I lost my funding and that was the end of my life essentially... 10 years of daily grief. I am hanging on by a thread today.
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Leeanne1Senior Contributor
@Sadness2015
My children went in to Forster care when my youngest daughter was one year ago. I tried for along time to get the back but after a while my husband ruined it for me then 8 years ago he got dementia and started lying to the children. He died a year ago .but my children still don't speak to me and I have grandchildren 😞
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Sadness2015Senior Contributor
@Leeanne1 I feel your pain ..... my daughters were only 7 and 12 when my ex-husband kidnapped them and disappeared.... so they are 17 and 22 now and I have missed so many firsts - precious moments I will never get back.
You don't often hear of this happening to women - it is usually the men that deal with this .... I worked with children for a couple of years through the first years of COVID19, the amount of women that were lying just to get additional funding - a disgrace that it was allowed. Majority of them were lying about everything - attention seeking women ... but the children are the ones that suffer.
You do not have to tell me - but were you ever able to move on - I just withdrew into myself .... never did relationships or friendships again - thanks to major trust issues... my life has effectively been on hold for 10 years.
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Sadness2015Senior Contributor
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Leeanne1Senior Contributor
@Sadness2015
It's not easy when your separated from your children I find it hard to expect that they won't talk to me. Sorry for what you have gone through
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Sadness2015Senior Contributor
@Leeanne1 - I think that he told my daughters that I have died ...
TW: threats of violence
having just arrived in Australia I had no idea what to do .... I have tried going through the courts, police etc in the past 10 years - and nobody even believes me.... only my psychologist - but because she deals with this all the time. He deleted social media completely as well.
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Leeanne1Senior Contributor
@Sadness2015
He isn't a nice person.where are you from if you don't mind me asking. Not nice to tell the girls you died 🥲🥲 it make me sad to hear that he did this to you
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JynxModerator
@Sadness2015 I have added a trigger warning to your post. Nothing you need to do, just letting you know! Also totally fine to let our lovely @Leeanne1 know where you're from, we just ask members keep details minimal - i.e. just share what state you live in, or the closest major city, as opposed to specific place names. Part of our anonymity guideline 😊
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns! Really glad to see you both being able to connect - and I wanted to send some gentle hugs, too!
(づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡
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Leeanne1Senior Contributor
@Jynx
Ok sorry
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