7 Signs of a Toxic Family

Growing up in a toxic and dysfunctional family can do a lot of psychological damage to a person, and toxic families breed lasting stress, anxiety, conflict, and fear among its members. So, how do you tell if your family is toxic? If so, do you know how to deal with toxic family members? Here are 7 Signs Your Family is Dysfunctional.

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Credits
Writer: Chloe Avenasa
Script Editor: Denise Ding & Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animation: Nayeli
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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6 Side Effects of Toxic families


5 Types of Children from Toxic Families


8 Common Characteristics of a Dysfunctional Family


5 Ways To Recover From Toxic Families


5 Types of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

[sunflwrr]

My parents: *’’you can always talk to us.”*
Also my parents: *”you’re overreacting and upset for no reason, people have it a lot harder than you”*

[fengstxr]

Parents be like : "Don't talk to strangers online!"

And strangers online comfort me better than them

[irememberla]

I finally realized this year that I am not close to my family at all. I used to protect them by fooling myself and telling others that we are close and supportive. I had so many crises this year, and they failed and disappointed me in ways I could have never imagined.

[AAA-plwn]

I remembered crying genuinely in front of my parent, then said to me: “I don’t believe in those crocodile tears”. I wanted to say that I wish I was never born, but was to afraid because I believe I will get slapped or hit

[byeol]

Parents don’t want to hear the truth from their children so they call it disrespect. I’m tired.

[jitterbuggs]

results of a toxic relationship w/ ur parents check:

-cries when yelled at
-flinches easily
-uneasiness towards older men
-burned out gifted kid who stopped trying
-touch starved
-low self esteem
-tries to delay going home after school

[carriehutton]

Leaving my toxic family behind was the best decision I have ever made. It took years for me to come to terms with the fact that they would never accept me for who I was. Given that, it is hard going through life explaining why you don’t visit your family, why they don’t visit you, why you talk to them once a year on Christmas, etc. Most people don’t get it and say things like “But they’re your family!” Dude, you just don’t know. They will never understand.

[setsu]

Toxicity in the family is the worse thing to deal with. It's really sad how your so called closed ones wants to bring you down in every way possible.

[iamokay]

I don’t feel so alone reading the comments.. i dont like living in this house

[rehema]

my family: why are you never happy around us?
me: take a guess

[nathanr]

My girlfriend has an extremely toxic and abusive family. She's super sweet and we really love each other, but I can tell her parents have damaged her. She's told me she feels the most safe and loved when she's around me. That's good that she feels that way about me, but it's also sad that it has to be that way. Her parents also hate me for supporting her.

[jessee.]

I am a 58 years old woman, and I left my country as I wanted to flee my family (my mother, father, sister and niece). Since I lost my grandparents, 20 years ago, I feel lonely and rejected more than ever. My mother and I used to call each other quite often, but then I felt that she didn't want to talk to me anymore. She's still thinking that my life is a mess and the rare times we talk on the phone I don't know what to tell her because she doesn't like me to complain. She is the only person I could talk to and the relationship I actually experience with the man I live with is a complete disaster. Sometimes I think about dying but then I tell myself that this is not what I deserve. A toxic family is the worst thing people can experience.

[rohanchouhan]

A toxic family is even worst than a toxic relationship, 😞

[waitohok]

When I become a parent, I’ll be the exact opposite of my parents

[fractals.]

Im tired of crying
Im tired of arguing
Im tired of being stressed
Im tired of staying in my room the entire day
Im tired of not feeling loved
Im tired of being yelled at
Im tired of having no one to talk to

But most importantly, Im tired of being tired

[hunderwood]

It crushes my heart to even click on this video but the sad truth is they won’t sit down and see what’s going on with me, I tried to tell them how I feel and what’s going on and they just be mad and make it a very negative situation and in the end I go upstairs upset. I’m turning 18 anyways in like 2 months. I know how it feels to everyone else because all this trauma started from when I was 15. Please stay strong everyone ❤️

[Robin-lplx]

"Theres no perfectly peaceful family"
My friends family: hold my tea

[sensen]

I can't wait to go to college, be financially stable, and leave and never, ever see any of my family members ever again.

[madkittyjoey]

This totally hits home for me. When it comes to the kind of family I have, making mistakes is like asking to get yelled at or talked badly about behind your back.