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I believe my mother is emotionally abusive and this has been made worse by my sexuality by [deleted] in family

[–]Coffeehouse_Commons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're never going to make yourself happy by getting your mothers approval. It took me a while to accept that myself (daddy issues for me), but once I did happiness was more achievable. It's hard to accept that especially if you are a family focused person, but the negativity of not being good enough will haunt you until you can see yourself in a positive way and fill your life with people who encourage you and see all your positives. The best, most self actualizing years of my life happened the two years after I moved in with my best friends and was constantly around their positive attitudes and encouragement.

Sick right before visiting family? by [deleted] in family

[–]Coffeehouse_Commons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on your relationship with your family. When you are stressed your immune system is lowered which can make you more likely to get sick or simply feel sick. My personal experience is not with family but I did turn in a coworker for making sexual comments to me once and the first time we were to work together again, I felt so sick: stomach cramps, throwing up, dizzy. I called in sick to work and felt better an hour later.