She Went “No Contact” With Her Mom. Now Her Mom Won’t Speak To Her.
Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi
4.2 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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A TikToker’s viral story of going “No Contact” with her mother is sparking conversations about therapy culture and much more. Let’s talk about it.
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| 0:29.7 | She went no contact with her mother for years. Now, after reaching back out, her mother doesn't |
| 0:34.5 | want to talk to her, which brings up an interesting conversation surrounding therapy and no contact culture that's happening right now. So let's talk about it. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, you better. Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. Now, I came |
| 0:52.9 | across an interesting TikTok of a woman talking about going no contact with her mother, |
| 0:56.3 | then reaching back out years later, only to be shot down by her mother because of this whole no contact thing. |
| 1:01.7 | And I'm thinking of recent history with no contact culture. |
| 1:05.2 | It's been something that it feels like is exponentially on the rise right now, |
| 1:09.6 | especially amongst young people, where they're |
| 1:11.8 | deciding to go no contact with family members, peers, friends, and this can be for a multitude |
| 1:17.2 | of reasons, maybe a traumatic history or past, some recent events that went sour with family |
| 1:21.7 | members or friends, political takes. And it's interesting to have this story take place and to see |
| 1:26.8 | what could be the natural |
| 1:27.8 | progression of no contact culture where when you inevitably try to reach back out to your mother, |
| 1:32.7 | she doesn't want to talk to you anymore. So let's hear the story. I've been no contact with my |
| 1:36.6 | mother for over four years and last week I reached out to her. I'm going to read you what I wrote |
| 1:43.0 | to her and I'm going to tell you what her response is. |
| 1:46.0 | And I'm curious to see if you think that she is attempting to build that bridge with me or not. |
| 1:53.0 | So this is the email that I sent her verbatim. |
| 1:56.0 | Hi, Mom. I wanted to reach out and say hello. |
| 1:59.0 | Okay, let's pause just right out of the gate here, |
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