Is your family healthy or toxic?

Family - Family walking together...but wheres mum?
Australia
February 10, 2007 1:45am CST
Do your family....... *Support you or put you down? *Talk to you in a positive or negative way? *Support you or hold you back from achieving your goals and dreams? *Provide a safe or unsafe environment for you? *Listen to you (I mean REALLY listen) or not pay much attention to you? *Help and encourage you without pressuring you? *Make you feel like you are a valued member of the family? Whats your family situation? And if its not ideal, what would you like it to be?
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• Philippines
10 Feb 07
my family is having a good relationship with each other, we talk about anything, and if there are problems we solve them together, and most of all we are very supportive and protective . we do make it a point that every member are safe and well taken cared-of.. good day
• Australia
11 Feb 07
Thats great to hear! Ive heard so many stories reflecting the opposite that I thought i'd ask the question. Great news!
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• Philippines
16 Feb 07
i think and feel that my family *supports me but *they hold me back on achieving my goals and greater heights *provide safe environment for me *listen but doesn't pay attention with what i really am saying *they help me by putting pressure *sadly, maked me feel that i'm invisible in the family and inside the house i think that my family situation is not an ideal one but i don't feel any sad thoughts, it's the way things are and i think that i've become a strong person because of things that i am experiencing in this family.
• Australia
16 Feb 07
Definately a learning curve thats for sure.
@pusiket (1756)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
I'm lucky to have a very loving and supportive family. They are my source of inspiration and strength.
• Australia
11 Feb 07
Thats really nice to hear. Thanks for your positive response.
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@SpitFire179 (2536)
• Canada
12 Feb 07
My parents don't support anything that doesn't suite their ways, which most times isn't right anyways. They don't think that their kids should be happy, they don't think they should have their own opinions, they don't think they should be able to think or do anything for themselves, and as far as their concerned if you don't do everything for them then your selfish, an outcast, someone who doesn't belong in the family. I don't believe this. This is my parents sick controling way to make it all work for them the way they want it. They live on assistance, had 6 of us so that they could milk the government for whatever they could and refuse to get jobs because they don't think they should have to. They constantly complain that they don't have enough money and freak out if you don't have the money to get something for them. My family is very unhealthy, one reason i chose to stay as far away as humanly possible. When i had set my wedding date my mom told me that i better put it off for a couple of years, because she didn't have anyone to go with, she had divorced from my father quite some time before (About a two and a half years before) and decided that i should wait for her to have someone before i made my commitment. I chose to marry the love of my life, because we had waited long enough. I therefore became selfish. it was unbelievable... This is how they are. My father, well he's worse, and i'm not going to get into that subject. I guess there can be soo many unhealthy families as there can be many healthy ones. But i think that especially if you come from an unhealthy one, you should strive to have the healthiest family possible in the family of your chosing (Husband, Wife, Children) When we have children of our own, my husband and i, We want to be there for them no matter what, we want our kids to know that no matter what we'll be there for them, unconditionally. Because that's what it should be, unconditional love. Not this you do something for me I'll love you, you don't i'll look down my nose at you crap. Hope all's going well Ash
• Australia
12 Feb 07
Thank you so much for your honesty. Its not always that easy to admit that you do not have the "perfect family". I think those with great courage and strength see what did not work in their immediate family and change it for their future as an adult and their kids future. Whether their parents like it or not is irrelevent. This is your life. You are an indiviual. Just because they created your human body does not mean that you are a duplicate of them. Change what needs to be changed and keep whatever you feel are good qualities. My very best wishes to you for the future. The most important things is to find who YOU are and run with it!
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@xylon17 (157)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
well my family is healthy and im so glad that im God gave me a wonderful family.
• Australia
10 Feb 07
As above.
@xylon17 (157)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
well my family is healthy and im so glad that im God gave me a wonderful family.
• Australia
10 Feb 07
Thats really good news. Im happy for you.