Community Chat

[AngelPuppy1]

This post might be upsetting to some, some of you might not understand at all, and some may be very critical, but, here goes.....

Do you ever find yourself just feeling alienated from family members or a family member such to the point where you really don't want to be around them any more?

It doesn't really mean that you don't love or care for them, but every time you are with them, you end up feeling as if they are not interested in what is going on in your life at all or that if everything is not totally focused on them, that there's really not even anything to discuss.

Or their veiws on things are so totally different that you can't really discuss much of anything for fear of getting into arguments, so you either have to zip it or end up saying things that you wish you hadn't.

Or another scenario - there's alwas so much drama going on with other members that you just feel like you can't take hearing about it any more. There is never any normal conversation or pleasantries.

Sometimes, it's almost like if you weren't related to some of these people, you really wouldn't be interacting with them, at all?

I'm probably not explaining myself well. But all of this has been going on for years and it's just really wearing on me. I find myself being the "yes" person in the group just to get along. Various ones don't get along with other ones and so on and so on. It's very draining.

Just wondered if you ever felt at times if it were better to just distance yourself. Period.

Thanks for listening and I'd appreciate hearing if you had similar experiences if you care to share.