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How do you take responsibility of your own actions?

I have a lot of anger issues, a lot of negativity in my head, esp with my family, my dad, brother & sister can be quite dominating... my mum & sister keep telling me to 'let it go' 'ignore the shit' but i can't just get over it immediately... a lot of the shit i have been exposed to has been there since i was a child... all of this has made me turn to drink which has gone out of control over the past year, to the extent of my husband leaving me.

I have sought treatment & seeing a therapist which is helping to an extent but i keep being told i need to take responisbility of my own actions... i don't know how to do that!

I have my parents & brother staying with me at the minute & i'm at the point where the smallest thing is bugging me & my need to want to live alone is becoming overwhelming & my family are tired of hearing me say that... my mum knows the difficulty i've had with my dad brother & sister but just keeps telling me to ignore it... they have tired telling my brother to stay out of my way, but there's still the little things that are beginning to bug me...

i really don't know what to do to get me out of my rut...
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Graylight · 51-55, F
The first thing you do is take care of yourself. You can make amends for the past by creating a better future. You and your therapist know what's right for you; don't allow your family to dictate your worth of happiness.

Take stock of everything in your life; imagine opening a closet and then categorizing what you find. Put all the things you could not change to one pile, then create a pile for those things for which you have shared responsibility. The 3rd pile is stuff you maybe blamed on others but which, in the light of day, may be on you.

Figure out the scope and nature of the work before you set out. And maintain healthy boundaries, which is often the hardest thing. Remember, 'no' is a full sentence. Good luck.