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Why do I always feel so uncomfortable talking about my emotions with my parents?

Profile: sugarplumbob
sugarplumbob on Nov 20, 2018
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I experience similar discomfort even to this day when talking to my parents about my emotions. I don't know your situation, but you should analyze your relationship with them and anything they may have said or done to you in the past that made you think you may have misplaced your trust in them. Work through this with them and tell them how this hurt affected your ability to trust them. I know I also fear mine thinking less of me for being "weak" or any some such. If that's the case for you as well, I'm sure they could never think that of you. If you're blessed enough to have parents that truly love you, they will always support you and you don't need to be afraid of them.
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Profile: gracefulForever57
gracefulForever57 on May 28, 2015
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i know what thats like. its because their first thought is to react out of anger and we all know full well that getting angry and upset with us doesnt help in the sightest. we cant control our parents reaction but try to say i dont want you to talk just listen, if you have already talked about it tell them ill tell you when you calm down i cant talk to you when you are upset with me
Profile: Mike30400
Mike30400 on Dec 14, 2015
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Parents can be a strange thing sometimes. You feel they will never understand. Try talking with them, I found that parents can actually help better then you may think.
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Anonymous on Jul 18, 2016
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Well your parents are probably the closest you have, it's like that to a lot of people. So you don't want to dissapoint them, Or let them think that there's something wrong with you, or that you're weak. You should understand that it's okay to talk to your parents, They're here for you, and they won't think badly of you.
Profile: HereToHelpYou742
HereToHelpYou742 on Aug 16, 2016
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Most parents don't want to accept that their child has something mentally wrong. They see it as they did something wrong with their parenting. So when you talk to them they don't seem to understand because they haven't experienced first hand. It's also a sensitive area for most people to talk about, since you are telling them whats wrong
Profile: resourcefulHeart96
resourcefulHeart96 on May 8, 2017
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Sometimes I feel like they won't have the answers I need or they won't be able to relate but most often I am wrong and they say the exact right things to make me feel better and move on from my emotions.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on May 8, 2017
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Talking to parents may end up with judgemental answers and this may not be expected . Also age difference and a some parents may have put pressure of becoming great may provoke spaces.
Profile: hopefulEnergy21
hopefulEnergy21 on Jan 8, 2018
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It happens to all of us, talking about emotions is not an easy thing. It gets hard to not express emotions when talking about them, on the other hand we may not want our parents to know how much those emotions are actually bothering us. So when multiple factors come into play things become difficult and uncomfortable.
Profile: Glareofyesterday
Glareofyesterday on May 20, 2015
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Because you may feel that your parents are secretly judging and undermining you but that could be the case actually but on can never truly know which is why the doubt is always there.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jan 12, 2016
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Because you are afraid that they will judge you, or their reaction will not be supportive of your emotions. It's okay to just test waters and see how they react to you opening up to them... Also, if comfortable, when sharing a light moment with them you can explain to them how you would like to confide in them and it would help if they responded in a certain way - This might/ might not bring the anticipated change, irrespective of which you will know your equation with your parents.
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