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MY DAUGHTER IS PAYING THE PRICE FOR MY SUICIDE THREAT

Q Three years ago, my ex-husband and I had a serious altercation and I stupidly threatened to commit suicide. He then brought a legal charge against me claiming I was a threat to our two-year-old daughter. I not only had to move out of the family home but lost custody of my child.

My ex-husband, his sister and her husband, took over the care of my daughter and I was subjected to a psychologist who only

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