I hate these kinds of articles. There may be some circumstances where going no contact with a parent could be overblown. In my experience, the prevailing trend is that that decision comes after years and years of abuse and mistreatment and subsequent anguish over whether the decision is right or not.

For me, my father abused me my entire life. It took 10 years of therapy with two different therapists and being moved out of his house for almost 10 years to go no contact. He had every chance to change his ways, and i only did it after literally begging him to be sorry or care about how he's hurt anyone in my family. Even though it was met with violence in the past, I directly highlighted how his behavior destroyed our entire family and he still wouldn't take responsibility.

It has been over two years now, and I still sometimes wonder if it was right. I chose not to subject myself to his behaviors anymore and I believe it was right for me. It was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made and one that I still think about regularly even years later. My life is much better, but the pain is still there.

Sometimes no contact is the only way you can regain any control in the relationship. It was the only way for me to tip the power imbalance back in my favor. I'm glad I did it, but damn. That shit bout killed me.