Well, I would think it’s an attempt to help you see that which you do not. That if/when Katelyn becomes independent (from my understanding that’s the goal when an adult has a legal guardian, that they will one day get to the point of not needing a guardian), they won’t be able to keep her from you. That when your daughter becomes an adult, they can’t stop her from seeking you out, assuming she will be her own legal guardian. And even if she has a guardian as an adult, if/when she becomes independent of the guardian she can seek you out.

So, I doubt that people are trying to give you false hope, because they do not believe it is false hope. I think people are simply trying to point out things that you don’t see.

Unfortunately, it seems your pain runs deep enough that you still can’t see the hope even when it is pointed out to you, and so you believe it to be false hope. Even more unfortunate, you don’t have the supports you very desperately need to get you through it so that you’ll be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.