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Ten years ago, my older sister passed away. I've accepted it, but her best friend can't let go and talks about my sister constantly. A few months ago, she started going to a psychic so she could contact my sister, and she calls me with regular updates. Now it's just getting creepy. How do I handle this?
I don't blame you for being creeped out! The last thing you want is "regular updates" from the beyond when you are trying to move on with your life. It sounds as though the friend is using your sister's memory as a life raft. She is clinging to it, using her obsession with the departed as a way to avoid current trials and decisions--a way to continue looking backward instead of forward. She needs ...