Dear Annie: My sister, “Ellen,” has an extensive history of being the victim of sexual abuse, which has caused her a lot of trauma. I’m so proud of all the work she has done to process and work through much of this. However, she tends to have very skewed and strong views on most things. We often see situations, past and present, in almost completely opposite ways. Sometimes this has caused friction between us when one or both of us get offended about the other’s opposite viewpoints, but usually we are able to navigate our differing opinions carefully.

One topic that has been particularly difficult for me is Ellen’s opinions of our family members. She has such negative opinions of many family members that she has cut them out of her life completely. Of course, everyone has their shortcomin

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