Cutting Ties With Your ParentsPowerful tools to help you accept your decision, manage intense emotions, and thrive. Estrangement from one or both parents even by choice can take a huge emotional and psychological toll. If you have cut ties with a parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, guilt, and shame. You may question or second guess your decision. And you may have trouble setting or keeping boundaries with your parent, as well as others in your life. This