>Limiting contact with them is the best decision I’ve made in my life, and I’m not sure I would have been able to do that in a culture with stronger familial bo

>Limiting contact with them is the best decision I’ve made in my life, and I’m not sure I would have been able to do that in a culture with stronger familial bonds. As someone with toxic family and a stronger family-oriented culture, I’d say it’s easier: family size is larger (in the sense that our relationship with cousins, uncles, etc is almost as much as with core family) so you might be able to maintain contact with a part, saving you from an all or nothing situation. I broke contact with my father’s family, but my mother’s side of the family is still 10-15 people.