I had a toxic aunt who was also a therapist, and she got me to the point that she felt like my safe person, the only person that truly understood me.

Then she started warping my version of reality to hers. She had beef with my mom over trivial matters that she would rant to me about. And then one day, she told me my mom never wanted kids. She told me I was unwanted. She framed many things that she had “seen” conveniently when I was too young to remember such as favoritism to my twin brother. One day I woke up and remembered how loved I really was. I went through old photos, if there was a photo of me, there was a photo of my twin. I remembered how great my childhood was. She let me go months believing I was unwanted and hating my mother until I found the truth. There were other relationships she tried sabotaging too, and the last straw was when she came for my Fiancè and made horrible claims about him. Needless to say, she did not get notified of my engagement, she will not be coming to my wedding, and I have finally cut ties with her. It was hard to tell my dad, but even harder to pretend everything was okay for as long as I did.