How can I change how my family feels about me? I'm treated like the black sheep.

You cant really change their feelings towards you. But you can change how you feel about them treating you like a black sheep. You know who you are. Assessing your self worth correctly is the most important thing!

I'm in a big family, and I hardly ever get listened to, but you just have to remember that not all families are conventional and the same. For instance, sometimes people in a family express their love and appreciation for one another in abstract ways. My grandmother would show me she cares for me by giving me constructive criticism, which at times makes me feel like I can never do anything right. But when I stopped and thought, what is she trying to do, I realised she was trying to help me become a better person. Me and my mum don't hug or say I love you, we do each other favours, and be helpful in [practical ways to express our love. The chances are that you need to step back, and try to see how your family might actually be showing you affection. If you still don't feel satisfied, you should speak to individual family members, in a calm manner, so that your emotions are out there.

Well, Talk it out. Or make them realize how youre a key member of the family too, Some achievements.

Maybe trying to be like the way they want would help yo dear, do you think so? The otherwise would be to strive hard facing these odds and finally achieve something and show them, but by being humble and good to them all the time. What do you think is good for you?

It's hard to feel that way. I'm sorry. One thing could be to check the facts and ask them directly. Sometimes our interpretations of others' behavior are not true. We mind-read and make assumptions. I think it can be helpful to accept that, no matter what, we cannot control how they feel about us. However, we can make positive changes that will make us feel better about ourselves. If we are more confident and true to ourselves, others might notice that and start to relate to us differently. It's also important to find people who make us feel good about ourselves and accept and support us. If our family cannot do this for us, well, we've got to look for people who will. Please take care and know that help is always available. There are always those who care and will be there for you.

Perhaps, talking to your family directly might help bring some clarity to your particular situation. You could explain to them how you feel. You might ask them if your perception regarding how they feel about you is accurate (it's possible that they may not even be aware they are making you feel this way, if you have not discussed it with them previously). If you have, and they have confirmed that your perception of their feelings toward you is accurate, you could ask them why they feel that way. At that point, you have a decision to make. It's possible that at least some of the reasons they feel this way about you may be things you could also want to change about yourself. But at the same time, you have to be true to yourself, and do what is right for you. In the end, you have to figure out whether it is more important to you to have your family's approval, or to live your life in the way you feel is right for you. It's up to you to weigh whether it would make you happier to have your family's approval, or to live your life in the way you feel is best and healthiest for you, even if that means you may have to have a less close relationship with your family.

Talk with them if you haven't already. Show them you're worth a proud opinion. Most importantly, be who you are and if they don't approve then they will never understand unless they find it in themselves. You can't make them be proud of you for being who you are but you can show them that you're proud. Embrace who you are, no matter who is blind to your worth.

Sometimes families forget that you are more than what they think of you. My family always expects me to act a certain way and I act that way because I know it's what their expecting. Sometimes all it takes to change their mind is to spend more time with them and talk with one another about different things. Let them know there is more than what they perceive of you.

You can't change the views and thinking of others, you can only control the way it hurts you by ignoring their acts and prove yourself by your work and achievments

Try telling your family that you feel like you are treated differently. They may not realize that you feel this way