How can I get my parents to stop yelling at me for everything?
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Moderated by Smita Joshi, BA Psychology / MA / Advanced EFT Practitioner
Updated: Jun 2, 2022
imang
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Sep 18, 2020
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Express to them how their words can affect you. Pin point what these words make you feel, and how they can impact your overall feelings. Express your intentions and what you would like to accomplish in the relationship. Being yelled at on a daily basis by your parents can be draining. Sometimes parents are unaware of how they come off and want the best for you, but is understood the complete opposite. Openly expressing how harmful their speaking style is a way to make progress in the relationship with your parents. They will be able to understand you better, and hopefully start a better communicative route.
wonderfullPassion6640
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Oct 21, 2020
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When your parents yell at you, I can only think of 2 things it may mean. Firstly, you might not be doing your side of the housework. So it piles up and makes them frustrated leading to their annoyance at small matters. Henceforth, be responsible clean up after yourself. Remember with greater power comes greater responsibility.
Secondly, they might be having a hard time and it may lead to leaking of their frustration. At times like these, do your stuff, help them out, if possible and when they have calmed down (only then), you could often ask them whether you made a mistake or whether they are having a hard time at anything like their job or their friends. They would often love and appreciate you for that, though.
Anonymous
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Oct 29, 2020
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My mom used to yell at me for pretty much anything I did. I had to sit back and try to understand why. I realized later that she had severe anxiety from other issues and was just taking it out on me. I started doing things that I felt would make her life easier (like helping around the house) and I also sat down with her and told her how I was feeling. This improved our relationship tremendously. I recommend that you try to find the reason your parents always seem frustrated. It might be an issue that can be resolved by better communication. I'm sorry that you are going through this though. I hope this helps!
faith2022
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Nov 18, 2020
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Based on my personal experience with my parents yelling at me is to get them both to sit down and talk to them both to explain how they make me feel just for yelling at me for anything that I do. Sometimes we may need to figure out what triggers our parents to make them yell at us. Often times we get emotional damage from this and we are so scared to really sit down with our parents and talk with them. An additional when your parents yell at you it is because they are mad at each other and they are just taking it out on you.
Lunx1824
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Dec 12, 2020
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My heart was aching as I was reading your life as it is right now. I truly feel bad for you that you have to deal with your parents yelling at you. I understand that is a huge problem and your parents seem to not understand what you are truly feeling. And the world is a hard place. Have you asked them what they are so upset about? Maybe you can have a conversation with them after you feel more comfortable to talk to them. I understand that you are in a negative mood and I am here for you to talk about it. Have you tried ways to distract yourself? These can be hobbies, listening to music, or meditation. When you focus more on yourself, you can try to communicate with your parents to see what makes them so angry in a quiet or private room. I completely understand that it is not easy, but just try, and then later you can let your feelings out to them. You can also reach out to friends to discuss about it and they can be an excellent step to let go of your thoughts about your parents yelling at you. Once you have spoken about what makes them angry about you and tell how you feel, you can ask them on how to find ways that will accept you the way you are. If things still do not work out well after, we can discuss it further and I'll be here for you. I wish you the best of luck and thank you for speaking it out to me. ;)
Anonymous
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Dec 18, 2020
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Sometimes the pressure of life increased and people act the way they are not supposed to. Especially during this pandemic, we are experiencing these days, people are getting irritated easier than before. The first thing is to remind yourself it's not personal. They may have had a hard day, maybe not in the good mood at that moment. You need to find an appropriate time to discuss this with them and tell them about how you feel when you see them like this. How it negatively affects you, and how you want it to be stopped. I'm sure they will understand if you find the appropriate time to talk to them. They love you for sure, may be just so stressed that are not aware of their behaviour.
sallysalad1233
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Jan 2, 2021
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Hi there, hope you are having a great day. I am so sorry that you are going through your parents yelling at you for everything and I know how it feels from personal experience. One thing to know is that parents usually feel the need to yell if you do not do what they want and while they shouldn't yell, it can sometimes be a habit for them without even knowing. The best way is to gain their trust and let them know how you feel about them yelling, let them know that you will still listen if they don't yell and that they don't need to yell at everything. Have a small talk with them knowing the detrimental effects yelling can be. And if having a small talk is hard, gaining their trust would be the easiest route to take. And I know from personal experience and usually my mother would get mad if me and start yelling for no reason. Something I had to understand was the amount of work they have as as adult and parent, the amount of stress they carry everyday. So you can let them know that they do not have to yell, and you will still listen. Communication is key! and If you have any additional questions, let the 7 cups community know and someone will answer! Thank you so much
Anonymous
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Jan 13, 2021
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Politely ask them to calm down and have a talk. Ask them to sit down and how and why are they yelling at you and make you feel stressed out. Also, there could be 2 types of parents behavior on why are they yelling at you:
1) They could be stressed out from work every day.
2) They could be toxic parents.
Find the solution and their movement actions and how they talk back to you. Don't fight back/yelling back, it's not a best way to solve the problem. Tell everything about why are they yelling at you and will sorted things out.
royalcamel69
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Feb 21, 2021
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This can be a hard situation to go through. I would recommend trying your hardest not to argue with your parents, and if you think you are going to argue with them: take your self into another room and distract yourself by exercise, reading or speaking to a friend etc etc. You could also try speaking directly to your parents and voice your opinion but make sure that you are in a safe environment to do so. Also, pick your moments! Your parents probably don’t want to speak about it in the middle of a zoom call! If this doesn’t work, speak to a sibling, friend or teacher.
Anonymous
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Apr 10, 2021
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Breathe. Try to pay attention to how your body feels while you're being yelled at, with mindfulness. Chances are you are feeling tense and tightly wound. If this is the case, taking deep, measured breaths will help you remain calmer and looser.
Breathe in for at least four beats and out for as long as you can. Make sure that the air you take in travels all the way down to your belly and makes your abdomen expand.[1]
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Understand that yelling is not eternal. It may seem like your parents are yelling for two or three hours, but if you look at the clock, you will see that very few parents have the stamina to do so. If you respond correctly to the yelling, your parents might stop.
Tell yourself that you're strong enough to endure the yelling. All kids have to deal with yelling parents at least sometimes.
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