How to avoid getting emotionally bulldozed by your family

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

Whist your family may be a wonderful asset to you in many ways, they can also become a burden if you let them. It is important to keep harmony within the family in order for it to run smoothly but for this to happen all me...read more

by Alisa Mantall

Tell it like it is. Let them know right from the start they you are finished with the undesired behavior. Explain to them that you have enough to do on a daily basis and don't need the extra emotional hassle. Explain to th...read more

by Andie Anderson

I have a problem with communication. I compare myself with Mount St. Helen's volcano in the United States. I sit there quiet for ages and when I start brewing about something, I hold it to myself and let it build and bui...read more

by Teresa Meakin

Some families can be very controlling and intimidating, which can leave you feeling emotionally bulldozed, even when you have grown up left home and made a life for yourself. Some parents are so negative about things, say...read more

by Tim Gray

Americans like to beat their chests and brag that the United States is the leader of the free world. Personally, I don't think anything about the statement is true. No society is truly free and compulsory taxation, or, a...read more

by Bob Schmidt

Emotional bulldozing is common in all families. Unfortunately, stopping it may cause a few bruised feelings, but you will be much better off for your trouble. If there is anything that parents, children, and s...read more

by misswriter

Broken bones and bruises usually heal without so much as a tell tale sign that they had ever existed... the hidden scars inflicted from constant emotional bulldozing, however often remain in plain sight for everyone to see...read more

8 of 31

by Ganelle Davis

Have you ever attended a family function and came to the realization, that you share nothing in common, only the same genes and perhaps the last names? In that intance , you may feel as though you are a "persona non Gratia...read more

by Hannah Kaye Palasigue

RELATIONSHIPS - of all kinds - are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand .The sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on,the sand trickles to your fingers...read more

by Andrea Hutchinson

Speaking from forty years of experience, this is a difficult and daunting endeavor for any family member. For the most part, I believe that familial bulldozing is an archaic manner of parenting and one that, in many famili...read more

by Just luvin Jones

The best way to avoid getting emotionally bulldozed is to address issues as they arise and not let them fester. I have been a victim of emotional bulldozing. One thing in particular was at home with my husband. HE tried to...read more

by Adele Gregory

It's a sad fact but true. You can't rely on changing someone else's behavior, you can only change your own reactions. By bulldozing, I imagine we're talking about family members who are pushy, domineering, like having thei...read more

by Sam O'Quinn

Saying No and Meaning It There are probably a million reasons to say no to something. Maybe you don't like vanilla ice cream, or perhaps you just don't feel up to going to the mall today. Then there are times when yo...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

Our own family would get us to a being emotional one. Sometimes, being burden with emotional battle inside our family could drain us. It stress us out and the result is not always healthy. How to avoid getting emotional...read more

by ink pen

It depends on who is doing the bulldozing and why. Happy people do not bulldoze others. They are busy with their own lives and have enough energy and understanding to cope with others' eccentricities. In other words most h...read more

by De Ette Stewart

One of my favorite TV lines from the old show, The Pretender, was "A family is a dictatorship, ruled over by its weakest member." This pretty much describes all families, from what I can see. The best way to avoid being ...read more

by Jay O'Toole

Bulldozing can be a good thing! Personal experience teaches that if a bull is dozing,...LET IT! This, of course, gives you a strong hint as to my favorite approach in handling family emotional tsunamis...HUMOR! ...read more

by H.G. Hess

If you are feeling emotionally bulldozed by your family, you'll need to expand your life. Your family is causing you too much stress, and in order to continue functioning, you'll need to find ways to reduce this stress. ...read more

by Nichole Zafke

It is hard not to want everything to be perfect. Perfect kids, house, husband, marriage. Nowdays it is actually expected. With 2 working parents per household and sports, activities, daycare, how can we not become emoti...read more

by Caveat

As I grow older I am frightened of the men who want a relationship with my daughter. The first one was a secret neo-Nazi, who managed to kidnap her and encourage my neighbors to destroy me with false stories of an inherita...read more