Download or read book Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Relations: How to Move Forward written by Genalin Jimenez and published by Genalin Jimenez. This book was released on with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Family” is a loaded term, laden with connotations of commitment, honor, loyalty, and sacrifice. Healthy members make sacrifices for each other, not sacrifices on each other’s health, wellness, and safety. Making the decision to cut ties with a family member is also a matter of commitment, honor, and loyalty. You are to stick to your commitment to yourself, to your recovery, your health, and your wellness. You are honoring your experience in life, the truth of how you feel, and the decisions you are empowered to make- all things you have dutifully regained through your hard work in recovery. Your loyalty to your family is important. However, if you have lived with sustained abuse which has caused you to struggle with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, you never have to be loyal to that kind of trauma. Making the decision to cut ties with a family member is hard to do. You want to love them, support them, forgive them, and be compassionate. From a distance, you can still do all of those things.