Dear kiwibunnies:

You wrote: “I literally have PTSD anxiety from the emotional abuse she caused early on”- If the T in your PTSD, that is the Trauma was caused by your MIL, then expecting to heal while still seeing her once in a while, is similar to expecting a soldier to heal from PTSD while still in the war zone, still under attack.

Got to remove the source of trauma first, take a deep breath, figuratively and many times, literally and get used to the idea that you are finally safe from her.

anita