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Daughter won't communicate with me at all

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EleanorRose Fri 06-Sept-24 05:11:26

My daughter has cut me off and she won't tell me why.
She won't answer texts from me or answer the phone.

I wake up each morning feeling sick; she is in contact with her siblings as if nothing has happened.

I feel like I have been erased.

My husband is much more optimistic than me, he thinks she will come round at some point. I think she may, with him, but I fear she won't with me. Hoping feels so painful. The scenario I fear is that she will be in contact with everyone but me.

I am keeping busy but my life feels hollow, to be rejected by your own child is excruciating and I cannot stop thinking about it.

She also insinuates that I am mentally ill.
It's an accusation that is very hard to fight against as it has no basis in reality.

I have offered to speak, to talk to a counsellor, to try and sort things out, but her siblings tell me she see's no point in trying. She also won't tell me what I've done.

This is so traumatic, I just love her so much.
I feel so alone. I don't know anyone else who is going through this. It has been 6 months.

Allsorts Wed 18-Sept-24 21:27:04

It us really best not to engage. I have reported this as its unreasonable and unfair on people that come on here for support.

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 21:25:02

You are being unreasonable now VS, you have been asked a very simple question and look at the chaos around it .

Smileless2012 Wed 18-Sept-24 21:24:08

No VS, if you can't see what's happening here it's pointless trying to explain it to you.

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 21:11:58

That's amazing

Please explain to me exactly what I have done, I am obviously too autistic to understand

Smileless2012 Wed 18-Sept-24 21:10:56

Everyone should be worthy of respectful dialogue and a small amount of consideration and understanding VS.

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 21:08:01

Actually no I won't flounce away, crack on. I have no bias or ulterior motive other than for you to explain your own posts and how neurologically they effect your postings

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 21:07:19

How am I not?

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 21:05:28

Then practice what you preach !

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 21:03:12

Bridie22

I'm going to be open with you VS if it gets me reported or banned so be it.
In the past when you have been banned/reported you have blamed, physical, mental and autism
I cannot decide whether I believe this, my inner gut is telling me you are an intentionally disrupting person and on that note I will as you asked earlier..ignore you in future.

Yes I know

You have spent a great deal of time trying to prove that to be the case without examining the fact that your own clear bias is driving your interpretation of my comments unfairly...

And I have all the patience in the world to show people that's not ok and that's not how we should be conducting relationships with others, especially those who are different. Whether that difference is neurological, in advice or in opinion... Others are worthy of respectful dialogue and a small amount of consideration and understanding

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:54:28

I'm going to be open with you VS if it gets me reported or banned so be it.
In the past when you have been banned/reported you have blamed, physical, mental and autism
I cannot decide whether I believe this, my inner gut is telling me you are an intentionally disrupting person and on that note I will as you asked earlier..ignore you in future.

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 20:52:37

All of them Smileless

This is all extremely cruel

What have I done wrong here?

Smileless2012 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:46:33

What awful replies VS? Please give examples so we know what you're referring too.

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 20:44:21

Bridie22

Still the question remains, if you are autistic and you said yourself that your responses are immediate and unfiltered, is there a possibility that these responses may cause offence or distress unintentionally by you ?

If I caused any distress would it be unintentional? Yes of course it would be which is important to consider

Is the distress caused to me by this line of questioning intentional?

Is disregarding some of the awful replies to me also intentional?

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:34:52

Still the question remains, if you are autistic and you said yourself that your responses are immediate and unfiltered, is there a possibility that these responses may cause offence or distress unintentionally by you ?

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 20:29:07

What is wrong with my responses to the OP, whose well being was at the front of my mind while responding to them?

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:28:19

No I should address it to you who is responding to the person asking for support, isn't that why you are on these threads, to help people?

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 20:24:29

Bridie22

Enlighten me which explanation do you want me to accept, ?
I disagree with you, I think your autism does affect your responses, as you said yourself , they are immediate and unfiltered which surely means they were not reflected on for a measured reply to somebody asking for support.

That sounds very ableist

How does my responding without filter to another comment cause a problem for the OP

Shouldn't you address this with them rather than the person who replied anyway?

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:18:50

Enlighten me which explanation do you want me to accept, ?
I disagree with you, I think your autism does affect your responses, as you said yourself , they are immediate and unfiltered which surely means they were not reflected on for a measured reply to somebody asking for support.

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 20:12:29

Bridie22

Maybe others unreasonable behaviour is connected to your unfiltered responses?

It's probably quite easy to address any potential misunderstanding with me rather than behave inappropriately towards other posters isn't it?

Or accept my explanation the first time?

Smileless2012 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:11:42

You posted VS that you are autistic, are not mentally deficient and unable to communicate so I responded by saying that no one has suggested you're mentally deficient. Why did you feel the need to say you're not, if you're not implying that someone has suggested you are?

If you don't think your autism is causing a problem then why do you keep referring to it? What is the relevance?

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:08:28

Maybe others unreasonable behaviour is connected to your unfiltered responses?

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 20:06:31

Bridie22

Your reply again isn't related to the question I asked you.

Yes it is

I don't agree my autism is causing a problem

Only others unreasonable behaviour

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 20:00:24

Your reply again isn't related to the question I asked you.

VioletSky Wed 18-Sept-24 19:57:12

From my perspective

I am tired of defending myself against people who think I am here to cause trouble... And if those people are happy to ignore me on a thread (I was not part of) where they were openly talking about me and saying untrue things I needed to address... Why would they engage with me here and ruin OPs thread forcing me to defend myself continuously?

It's not logical because it is intentional

Bridie22 Wed 18-Sept-24 19:53:15

I'm on nobody's bandwagon VS, I merely asked you a simple question, I never mentioned you derailing a post, just if you think your unfiltered responses to posts could be part of the problem.
I have listened to you and tried to understand the way you sometimes reply to posters, as you always suggest to us, I was reflecting on how these threads could stop ending up the way they do.