Most of us had never heard of ‘parental alienation’ until it happened to us. In my case, it was as a step-parent, and I knew something was wrong. Social services wouldn’t listen to me, and I understand their position, but there was zero support until the child told her teacher at school she didn’t want to return home., she was scared. Brave child, finally saying something, and thankfully all is well now (though I became a scapegoat, the abusive parent blameless …..) This was back in 2001. That’s when it started for me – a huge amount of research and many years of personal experience because I was then alienated from my children. It’s complicated, shocking, baffling, painful, heartbreaking, and incredibly isolating. So the day we find out there’s a name for it – parental alienation – is helpful. It exists (though some would like to say it doesn’t). It is something tangible, and these days, there’s a wealth of peer-reviewed research on alienating behaviours too, and sites like mine here. This is the way towards healing, through understanding the pathology, knowing it’s not you, becoming resilient and focusing on the love, not the loss and the present, not the past. Hold fast, and stay strong.
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