I don't know how to explain the situation that is bothering me. Basically i felt neglected my whole childhood and felt like my sister got all the attention and love from my mom. Now i can't properly spend time with either without getting irritated, and they don't really understand this, they try but there isn't really much they can do, because to them it's just in my head. They don't invalidate it, but how can you help someone when their problem isn't technically real?
I don't have to see them often, but i wish i could. I hate being unstable and unreliable, i wanna be a supportive older sibling, especially because i know that my sister is going through a lot right now, even if she never really tells me or anyone, we can tell. Our problems are quite similar too, but it's like she thinks that ignoring them makes them go away. And i can't do anything, it's everyone's own decision to get help, but i feel like i'm not doing enough in regards to create a supportive environment.
I also just hate being mentally unstable and weak in that way, sudden outbursts of negative emotions aren't fun for anyone, and it completely disrupts my life and relationships. Sometimes i can control them, usually with friends. Not with my family tho, and that is what is quite weird. I get irritated easily, when plans change and people are vague and or uncooperative, but usually it just dissolves and i can continue with interactions normally. But with my mom and sister i just fly off the handle, for completely small and inconsequential stuff too.
Me and my dad get along, we have similar thought patterns in a way and there's way less bitterness so fights are less common. When we get into arguments it's usually because the whole family is there and i already feel overwhelmed and it's like they're all judging me and i get super paranoid and i spiral, this has always been the case. One on one interactions between any member or my family is more successful than when there's more of us. I always hated the living room for this reason, it's so loud and i feel cornered in a way. There's been one on one fights as well. Best example is with me and dad, he says something absurd and quite hurtful and i tell him that i didn't like it, in an "accusatory" tone so he gets upset that i took his "joke" so seriously, and then he stops talking to me. Last time this happened was when we were driving and he stopped talking to me and just started driving over the speed limit, he wouldn't even look at me. This didn't last long because i did try to explain to him that i didn't mean to be mean about it, i tried to explain my point of view because i apparently misunderstood him. And then we could talk it through and he drove normally again. He did apologize as well, and we talk about it still, i always tell him that i wasn't scared, mostly just confused and a bit irritated because how does a 40+ guy just regress like that lmao, it was absurd. But yeah, i also know how it feels i think, you're just stuck in a way, you can't calm down so you just escalate instead without reason. I hope to fix that.
Normally i can think pretty clearly and i know what's real and i can function, i can go days without getting upset with my family and we genuinely have good gaming nights and dinners or watch movies. But then i just ruin it, last time i was a bit drunk and i started an argument and it escalated, this was between me and my sister so it was quite normal tbh but i still feel bad because it's an unsuccessful interaction that was my fault. I apologized and we did talk it through as well, but still feels bad.
I really wish i could fulfill my role better, i try my best but i wanna be better, my lack of progress annoys me.
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Lethal Lilith
You can't "fix" trauma, and it breaks my heart to read that you feel the need to be "fixed". That trauma doesn't go away, it just becomes more bearable. I felt very similar most of my life, and what I found worked for me was working on my confidence (cliche, I know).
You probably feel like you'll never be someone's first choice in anything, always second best, and you probably feel that in almost all your friendships or relationships because that's what you've been shown, so that's what you feel is normal.
What I would recommend is finding someone (can be one friend, one family member, a partner) who you know will always choose you first.
This was really weird for me to do. Finding someone who would choose to hang out with me over their seemingly hundreds of friends, I felt really guilty. Like they could be paying more attention to someone more important. But after some time, that person became my boyfriend (I'm obviously not saying to go find a boyfriend), and that one person continuing to give me love and attention, who would drop everything to make sure I was happy, really helped me with the same feeling, so maybe it could help you!
I have friends and i'm in a sort of a relationship and it's not really that i struggle with anymore. It's just that i wish i could fix the stuff that makes me hate my family without reason.
I am making progress i think, just wish i could be better already :(
Thanks tho, and i am pretty alright on most days dw
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The_WifeOfTheDead
I know exactly how you feel. I'm in a bit of a weird situation family wise and there's going to be so many changes happening. I guess I've kind of given up on having a role.
Wishing you luck
Idk what else to say, i'm bad at reassuring people
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