In a time of stress and during a major life change, these times can be dangerous for you. The triggers of what you went through as a child growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family can rise to the surface.
Feelings of hurt, fear, anger, and paralyzation can all rise to the surface.
In life, we have good times and bad times.
When we encounter the challenging times, how we rise up to deal with those problems is critical to our mental health.
The behaviors that we learned as children will not help us deal with the problems of today.
In an alcoholic family, it’s not uncommon to see a parent lash out while another represses their feelings. Anger can be inappropriately redirected to innocent parties, and all of this creates a generational cycle of dysfunction.
What can we do?
Use the skills that you’ve learned to help you through difficult times.
Talk to a professional therapist, use meditation, praying, and yoga, eat right, get decent sleep, and get in touch with how you’re feeling.
What’s important is that you talk about how you feel, express your emotions in a healthy way, and work toward minimizing stress, and focusing on self-care activities. Allowing the stress to build until it erupts, isn’t a good coping strategy. People you love can be hurt and relationships can also be damaged.
It’s easy to feel happy and to be your best self when everything is going well in your life.
But it’s a different story when you’re in the midst of great stress and problems.
Take the time you need to deal with your emotions. Write about how you feel, talk about it, and then make your health a priority in your life.
You are worth it.
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