Family disharmony, young niece having to witness a lot of verbal fighting.
Well I opened up about something bothering me and cried a little bit and feel better now.
I suppose if there was any improvement, I would have hoped for more depth on the support end, but it was still fine.
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Hi there, how are you doing today?
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I'm doing okay, but having a hard time resolving some negative feelings.
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What are these feelings related to?
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Well during the pandemic, my sister and my brother in law got a divorce and my sister needed a place to stay and she stayed with my parents and myself with her daughter (my niece)
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Im sorry for that, so added stress with her and her daughter being around?
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and my sister took advantage of my parents and I feel like she tried to use me to get my parents to give her money and when I put my foot down the whole family got into a fight and She flipped us off laughed and said we'd never get to see her daughter again It's hard to explain. Her daughter and I hung out every day more than anyone else in the family hung out. I watched her. She always wanted to be with me and play games and talk with me The day she left she drew me drawings saying 'I love you' and she told everyone she meant 'I love you' the most about me and I cried and had a lot of anxiety symptoms afterwards because I'm literally not allowed to talk to her and I just feel she's in a negative place
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That is really rough and im sorry that your parents are taking sides and not looking at this from the whole situation. So she is not there currently?
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Affirmation and Reassurance,Others
No she is not My parents gave her like 5-7 thousand dollars and my grandma is giving her money every month. But just friday I was getting her stuff ready to pick up and I found like 700 dollars of clothes with tags on them and tons of expensive makeup and creams barely used I just worry a lot about my niece she is so sweet, funny, and smart and she's living with someone who makes horrible decisions sorry I'm talking a lot but just kinda unloading
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Well i can see you really care for your niece. It also seems like your sister is a toxic person who is using your family. It may be rough not being able to see your niece but it might be better for your own well being to have this space from her. No keep going, sometimes just getting it out there helps
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Yeah, I think you are right, I am more productive and have more self esteem since she has moved out. But it's a tough loss. I do appreciate you listening
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Yea usually never anything good about loss. I am glad you are doing better now though. Hopefully she can turn herself around Oh not a problem at all!
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Yes. I don't have hope about that. But I guess people can change. Well thank you for the conversation. I hope you have a nice day.
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