What to do with an emotionally draining family?
My family is emotionally draining me to the point where I cannot take it anymore and I don't know what to do. I am married with two toddlers. My husband works 60+ hours a week so I am pretty much raising the kids on my own. I stay home with them and take full time online classes. This is enough stress on its own. To top it off you add my family to the picture. My mom lives with us, which is cool because she has her own side of the house and pays rent. She sticks to herself and doesn't bother us. However, she does not have a car so she takes mine to work (which my husband worked his butt off for). Then you add my dad. He lives by himself because he is an alcoholic and always fights with my mom. He doesn't have a license because of a lean on him. He is a rebel always breaking the law. He expects me to take him everywhere he needs to go on the ONLY day I have to myself. He thinks he should come first because he is my father and thats the way it is. He expects all kinds of favors like its owed to him. Then you add my OLDER sister. She is married but her husband always cheats on her. They have a one year old and one on the way. Her husband went to jail so she had to move into my moms room with the baby. Now that she moved out all of her stuff is still cramped in there with absolutely no room to walk. She always needs something as well. She comes over randomly and just sleeps on the couch and she expects me to watch her kid. My poor husband hates my dad and my sister and I feel like he is a guest in his own house. Its not fair to him or I. He works his butt off and deserves to be able to sit on his couch and watch tv whenever without having one of my family members annoy him. I feel like I am the black sheep of the family but the good black sheep and the others are crazy. How can I deal with them? I wish I could win the lottery and give them all some money and let them go their separate ways without having to worry about them. I love them all and I would do anything to help but this is just out of control. How did I turn out so good? BTW I am only 26 years old. Thanks all.
Emotionally draining parents?
I am a 27 year old woman. I feel my parents are very emotionally draining, and it makes me not want to see them or talk to them much. I do not live with them, but I live about 10 minutes away. I recently did some reflecting, and I noticed that I often feel ridiculed by them when I express my views. I tend to be more open minded while they are more conservative. They ask me about work and things aren't that great. When I tell them, they give unsolicited advice. My mom is especially negative. She always makes negative comments about my appearence, and pretty much has done this since I was young, and when I was a teenager, I believe this played a big part of an eating disorder and depression that I went through. What do you guys think? Should I talk to them about how I feel or just see them less?
College feels emotionally draining?
College is meant to be difficult. That's why it feels like such an accomplishment once you're done. Not everyone will make it through college, but if you do you'll have your education for life. Hang in there.
Being around my family is so emotionally draining..?
As soon as your legally an adult, leave and put at least 500 miles between you and your family of orgin. Join the navy, or just leave and figure it out later. Otherwise, no one makes you stay there
Emotionally drained after spell casting?
Have you checked out Scott Cunningham's 'Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner' or Thea Sabin's 'Wicca for Beginners'? I believe both of them have some suggestions for raising energy from the earth (I'd have to double-check but I'm nowhere near my copies). Borrowing energy from the earth rather than using your own should alleviate this emotional drain you're feeling, but make sure you return any excess to the earth through a process called grounding (also outlined in these books) so you don't go the other way and feel jittery for days. I don't practise magic nearly often enough to tell you if this is "normal" or not and even so, "normal" is subjective. I do know that lots of things like certain drugs or an emotionally trying event can leave you down for a few days and sometimes the best thing to do is just to try and snap yourself out of it. Do what you can in ritual to try to avoid it, but if the depressed feeling persists, get out with friends, read a book, exercise - something to get your mind off of feeling down. Best of luck :)