Family Issues Support Group
Family issues is a huge range that go from minor conflict to major misbehaviour and even abuse on the part of individual members of the family occur. Whether you feel you are in a dysfunctional family or you're dealing with a very specific issue, this is the place to talk about it and find others who might be going through the same thing.
Coming from dysfunctional families does not have to define you. If you are emotionally strong, you can just decide to change your attitude or perspective about what you have gone through in your early family life. If you are like most of us, it would be helpful to consult with a good professional therapist. In either case, it is often a matter of just being able to accept that some people are never going to treat you fairly, even if they happen to be your mother, or father, or child. They are just on or a few people who do not have the power to stop you from enjoying the rest of the whole wide world out there.
For a more accurate, therapeutic discussion of this issue, please read the following:
http://snickers.typepad.com/estrang...
enjoy,
--EJ
For a more accurate, therapeutic discussion of this issue, please read the following:
http://snickers.typepad.com/estrang...
enjoy,
--EJ
http://snickers.typepad.com/estrangements/guidelines-for-being-estranged.html
Other families have more serious issues and can really benefit from therapy. With all families, it behooves us to educate ourselves on the lessons and attributes of dysfunction in families. These issues touch all of us whether we realize them or not.
--EJ