Stress And The Family

Stress is bad for your family system, but it plays out, doing its thing, because it has to go somewhere.

I got a call today from a crying family member, always a fun thing to have happen. Someone else said something bad, then there was a bad response. Of course I don't know the whole story, such as the order of the bad things, the tone of voice, etc., I just have pieces of the story.

There's a lot of stress for some of my family -- over a career transition and a long distance move. Everything is shifting and there's a lot of headaches in the next few months. It's going to come out, or it's going to affect the various ones.

The thing to do is, If you get a nasty text message, think twice about responding in kind. If someone calls and says something mean, try to make allowances, try not to respond in kind. We'll all be happier in the long run!