OK, what you're doing here is assigning "good" and "bad" values where they're not appropriate, basing what you call "good" on what is the norm for you.
There is nothing inherently unhealthy about having a close relationship with one's parents or other family members; nor is there nothing inherently unhealthy about not having a close relationship with them. And as with any people we have a close relationship with, there is nothing inherently unhealthy about caring about their opinion of us. Actually it's quite healthy and normal to care about how we affect the other people in our lives. It's only when we let those opinions or our percpetions of what those opinions would be adversely affect our ability to live our lives that it becomes unhealthy.
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Re: Coming Out
Date: 2006-04-13 06:22 am (UTC)There is nothing inherently unhealthy about having a close relationship with one's parents or other family members; nor is there nothing inherently unhealthy about not having a close relationship with them. And as with any people we have a close relationship with, there is nothing inherently unhealthy about caring about their opinion of us. Actually it's quite healthy and normal to care about how we affect the other people in our lives. It's only when we let those opinions or our percpetions of what those opinions would be adversely affect our ability to live our lives that it becomes unhealthy.