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It’s Okay to Hate The Family WhatsApp Groups
Most of the time, they are just reminding us what we want to forget.
I miss the time of our lives where we didn’t have WhatsApp Groups. I hate them, not all of them, but mainly the ones we need to be because we are obligated, like the Family WhatsApp Group.
In my family, we have one. My father started in 2015, and for the best six years, I feel hunted. Before therapy, it was much worse. Now, after doing a year and a half of therapy sessions, I feel much better regarding this matter.
When I was at my worst mentally, the Family WhatsApp Group made me feel even worse. In 2015, I questioned a lot about my life and what it means to be an adult. I didn’t know what my place in my family was.
I didn’t want to do things anymore because they were what was expected from me, but because I did feel in my heart that I should be doing them. And that meant stopping interacting with some family members. I love my family, but it’s easier to love them more when I don’t have to interact with them.
What used to cause me stress was when I posted something, and nobody would comment or interact the same way as someone else posts. I would feel devastated like they don’t love me, and they don’t even like interacting with me, so, therefore, I must…
