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.

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My 'family issues' are centered around thier complete inability to aceept and support me from a mental health perspective. I have eating disorders anxiety disorders and depression but they refuse to accept them which obviously just makes it worse. My mum knows and is in complete denial and even went so far as to secretly cancel all of my treatments and my dads reaction to my having panic attacks was pretty much 'stop being weak dont take the tablets just think positively' which isnt actualy very helpful. I live with my dad now but hes away an awful lot so I pretty much live alone. I have no family support structure which means that my getting better is somewhat hampered.

Does anyone else have similar problems?
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Sorry to hear of your struggles sweetie. I don't have similar problems but i just wanted to show you some support and let you know that you've come to the right place, there's alot of support here for you in your struggles whatever they may be. The only light i can shine on the situation is perhaps that your family is just so scared for you that its too hard for them to accept the problems, there are alot of people who would rather ignore a problem than accept the challenge. My uncle has depression and it seems his entire family is ignoring how serious it is, and rather get angry at him and tell him to 'snap out of it' but they're just scared and don't know how to help. My only advice would be to let them know how much you need them right now, that you WOULD snap out of it if you could but its not that easy, and you just need their support. Doesn't mean they have to do anything huge, but just being there for you when you need is really important at this difficult time. Let them know that if they want you to snap out of it or whatever words they're using, you need them to help you!! I hope things get better for you sweetie, we're all here for you. xox
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Hi Sorrelish,

I haven't been in the exact same situation as you, but I know what it is like to have no support from your family when you feel like you're drowning.

It sounds to me like your family doesn't know how - and maybe doesn't want to - deal with the issues that are affecting you. They seem too scared to commit the emotional time and space to helping you. I hope that you are able to find some relief in the knowledge that there are people on forums like this that are here for you and will try to listen and help as much as we can. :)

As a person with zero family support structure, I would suggest trying to improve friendship support networks. Is there a group, activity, or hobby of some sort that you can be a part of? Even if you can't talk in depth about your issues with them, just being around other people can really help.

Let me know how you get on.

:)
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