This is serious - what can I do?

[lizbud]

Wow. It really sounds like that whole family needs serious help.

[catland]

Think of the "what-ifs" if nothing is done.

What will happen is that Denise will become a breeder. She'll have a child - raise it for awhile until its sufficently scarred for life, then CSD intervenes and takes it away, then she'll have another child, and another....

As for the suicide threat - your aunt sounds mentally ill. You did not cause this. You would never, ever be responsible if she carried her threat out. (gee - talk about the ultimate in manipulation - she's nothing more than a three year old with a temper tantrum who has discovered the ultimate bluff to get her way - sick-sick-sick. ) She sounds like one messed up person.

Stay sane and best of luck to you and Denise.