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I Hate Myself For Being Weak

I wish I wasn’t so weak. I let people push me over, yell in my face, and I always run away from conflict. My friends flat out told me I can’t handle conflict. I always denied it but I always run away. I hate when people fight and get upset but it happens. I can’t even stand up for myself and my family can see that I can’t. Nobody believes that I will get into a physical fight. My dad believes I can speak up but doesn’t believe that I will fight because I’ve always been too afraid to fight and I let people get away with bad behavior. My brother said I’m WAY to easy going and let people do what they want and I see people overstated their welcome and I don’t speak up about it and that’s why people take advantage of me. My sister told me, “Girl you better start opening your mouth! Stop letting people push you around. You gotta push back. You need to say “NO” sometimes, otherwise people won’t respect you! Especially since you’re a young woman, stand up for yourself! I’m going to teach my daughter to be assertive and outspoken (my niece). Open your mouth because what if you were in a relationship and a man starts to beat and abuse you? You won’t speak up because you’re too afraid. You could end up dead so you need to start defending for yourself. Nobody is going to do it for you.”
Why is everyone so hard on me? I’m afraid of making someone angry or disappointing them. It isn’t nice to do that.
I apologize for the long story.
Dominus · 31-35, M
Wanting to avoid conflict is not the same as being weak.

Conflict rarely ever resolves anything and is more often a means for the weak, myself included, to alleviate their own personal frustrations.

You need to live your life in a way that makes [b]you[/b] happy, not your friends, your dad, your brother or anyone else in your family. You will have to suffer the consequences of your actions, not anyone else.

People are not going to stop being rude or "pushing you around" even if you stand up to them. Some might but new ones will come along so it is not a solution.

If you were in a relationship and someone started abusing you the correct thing to do is go to the police, not to physically fight back.

It sounds to me like these people are "being hard on you" unintentionally. They expect you to operate by the same rules they themselves do. They are not you and unless you tell them how to live their lives have no right telling you how to live your own.

I wish you the very best. 🙂
WorldlyWoes · 36-40, M
Hi AutismGirl, there's a very very supportive mental health social site which you may find useful. It is ran by a charity.

https://www.elefriends.org.uk/

Everyone is really nice there, and incredibly supportive. Hope this is useful to you!

 
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