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My Family Is Driving Me crazy
Okay, I am 15 and I am a female. I live with my mother, step-father, brother(11), and sister(16). My father died when I was 2 months old so I never really knew him. I am a different religion than all of my family, none of them attend any religious services but I do 3 times a week. It is so hard to get along with them because they talk bad about my religion and about me. I hate it and don't know what to do. My brother and sister are constantly stealing things from me and talking about me to my face! My mother is constantly yelling at me. Then my step-dad is always gripping about how he cleans all the time. I really need some suggestions to help me because I am running myself down trying to handle everything.
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^^ Hun, first...take a deep breath. Now, what I would do if it was my family, is ask everyone to sit down and let them hear you out. If someone starts talking, ask them nicely for them to let you talk first, and then they can talk. Explain how you don't like how your family, who is supposed to support and help you in what you believe in, and it hurts you. And tell your siblings that they shouldn't steal, or talk about their own sister right in front of you. Ask them how they would feel if say you and your parents did that. And tell your dad, only if this is true, that he doesn't clean all the time. That you help out too and then name things that you help with.
As your mom with the yelling...I think that you should have a one on one talk with her about most of this as well. Ask her why she is yelling at you, and if possible, that she doesn't yell, maybe ask or tell in a normal tone of voice. And maybe tell her (if you don't want to have a family meeting) about how you don't like them talking bad about your religion, and it hurts you. You shouldn't try to handle things all on your own. A family is a support team, and they ain't supporting you huh?
^^ I wish you the best of luck, and I hope I helped! If you need anymore advice, send me a private question and I'll be happy to help =D seeing as I have almost the same family problems!
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