What’s your opinion on tough love?

I honestly having trouble with someone that’s using tough love on me ever since my dad passed away she’s been trying and she means well but yelling at me even though I asked her not to because I was diagnosed ptsd and have severe panic attacks. Maybe I’m the one that’s too sensitive and need to suck it up but it’s not as easy as it sounds

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Spoiledbrat · F

I don’t think she has to yell at you to get her point across. Tough love is the promotion of a person's welfare, especially that of an addict, child, or criminal, by enforcing certain constraints on them, or requiring them to take responsibility for their actions.

Itsjustbrit · 26-30, F

Taking responsibility for my actions is not the issue, she just wants me to do a lot of things at the same time, like her my driver license, go back to school and get a job even though I have severe anxiety and can’t do all that at the same time@Spoiledbrat

Spoiledbrat · F

Tough love is also an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run. ... In most uses, there must be some actual love or feeling of affection behind the harsh or stern treatment to be defined as tough love. I’ve always felt used as an excuse for parents or guardians to force their will upon their. @Itsjustbrit

Spoiledbrat · F

That doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to help you or that she’s not expecting too much from you.