MamboCat
03-05-09, 17:08
I'm in a difficult situation, which may take some explaining.
Due to a number of reasons, I've been forced to move back with my family, I can't move out again and they're not being very supportive of me. Like most people during the recession, they're struggling financially and are on tenterhooks but in general they have always pretty mean towards me. The only way which I can demonstrate it is to say they see me as the Meg Griffin of the family!
I'm always at the butt of their jokes, I'm picked on and teased or I'm being shouted down for having different opinions to them (they're a tad on the racist side). I'm always seen as the least important person in the household, my ideas, wishes etc are always considered last. My stepdad is very demanding; he has to have things his way or not at all, he complains a lot and my mum rarely stands up to him unless they're having a personal argument then she makes continuous snide comments at him. Sometimes I wonder why they are married as they don't seem to respect each other much. My sister is VERY possessive and anything she sees as an encroachment on her property or something she's doing, she snaps. Maybe she has her own psychological problems that she hasn't told me about but sometimes she is a horrible person to be around. My family don't seem to understand all of this isn't helping me beat anxiety. I have some CBT tapes which I take 30 mins a day to practice on, they see it as a massive snub but I can't tell them what I'm doing if all I get is aggro from them.
I'd like to hear how others with diifficult family situations have coped, or if its possible to just blank them out of the process of getting better?
Due to a number of reasons, I've been forced to move back with my family, I can't move out again and they're not being very supportive of me. Like most people during the recession, they're struggling financially and are on tenterhooks but in general they have always pretty mean towards me. The only way which I can demonstrate it is to say they see me as the Meg Griffin of the family!
I'm always at the butt of their jokes, I'm picked on and teased or I'm being shouted down for having different opinions to them (they're a tad on the racist side). I'm always seen as the least important person in the household, my ideas, wishes etc are always considered last. My stepdad is very demanding; he has to have things his way or not at all, he complains a lot and my mum rarely stands up to him unless they're having a personal argument then she makes continuous snide comments at him. Sometimes I wonder why they are married as they don't seem to respect each other much. My sister is VERY possessive and anything she sees as an encroachment on her property or something she's doing, she snaps. Maybe she has her own psychological problems that she hasn't told me about but sometimes she is a horrible person to be around. My family don't seem to understand all of this isn't helping me beat anxiety. I have some CBT tapes which I take 30 mins a day to practice on, they see it as a massive snub but I can't tell them what I'm doing if all I get is aggro from them.
I'd like to hear how others with diifficult family situations have coped, or if its possible to just blank them out of the process of getting better?