Emotional Cutoff Research Paper

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Emotional Cutoff. Emotional cutoff describes the act of reducing/cutting off emotional contact with a family member(s) as a way of managing unresolved or difficult emotional issues. Emotional cutoff can be exhibited as emotional contact being reduced, moving away from families, or even by staying in contact but avoiding delicate subjects. In my mother’s family of origin, since everyone is a half-sibling, there was, and still is, quite a bit of tension between family members. More specifically, my uncle Johnny is estranged from the entire Holtgrefe family because of disagreements that happened when he was younger and my grandparents got married. Johnny has no contact with his siblings and I have only met him a handful of times in my life. The

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