Being Open to Your Family

Being open and honest with your family is not always easy, sometimes I hide from them, but sometimes if I'm confident, I can tell most of the happenings in my life. I'm confident when I'm talking about my achievements in life and what I do every day at school and at home. I'm afraid to say about my school life sometimes because I don't want them to worry about me, and I know that I can handle it on my own, and I don't want them to be disappointed in me. When things get tough, and I want my family to listen, they will listen, try to understand, and to trust me. In my opinion, be open and try to talk to your family, I learned it when I attended a seminar called "Mental Health" I know that we hide something between our family, but try to talk, they can help you, give you advice, and it is good to your mental health.

When I'm in my first year in college, when I'm still an engineering student, I find it hard to study like I want to quit and give up because of too much stress and pressure that I'm facing. I want to face it alone, and I'm afraid of telling the truth to my family. Even though I'm sad and overthinking, when facing with my family, I just laugh like everything is ok. I want to tell them that I can't continue and I'm tired, but I still fight. When I can't take it anymore, I told my mom first about my problem, and she understands me, she doesn't want me to quit, but I have made up my mind, and she agreed. After telling it to my mom, my aunt and dad found out about it and talked to me, I told them the truth, and they also agreed.

Communicating with your family is very important. It's ok to be very honest, but not always, I'm not telling you to talk with your family about everything. When you are talking to your family, avoid some mistakes, stay calm, take deep breathes, and listen when you're communicating. I admit that I'm the type of person who is very honest when it comes to saying my opinions, but when it comes to problems, I'd rather shut my mouth. Sometimes our parents can be strict because they have expectations, if your parents are too strict., you cannot say things nor talk to them because to you, no one is going to listen and understand you if they don't want to listen to that topic, but I would say, say what you want to say, it's your opinion and decision, I admit that they are the ones who have the authority but they don't have the rights to dictate you on what you would do.

We know that sometimes our parents can't understand us, but try to remember that they are there to listen to you, you just need to approach them. Even though they can't understand your situation, your family can help you. Be open to them. I know that they have something to share too.