Why do my parents not care how I feel?

Often neglect happens because parents themselves weren’t raised properly and they haven’t developed the right skills. It also occurs when they have other complex problems, such as an addiction, mental health problems, being a single parent, or when there is a threat of violence at home.

How do you deal with parents that don’t care?

5 ways to handle the situation when caring for parents who didn’t care for you

1. Get help working through complicated feelings.
2. Stay involved, but hire a professional to manage their care.
3. Get support from others in similar situations.
4. Read books that offer helpful advice.

Do parents have a “natural love for their children”?

The assumption that parents, especially mothers, have a “natural” love for their child is a fundamental part of our belief system—and the core of family life and society. Very often this myth has an adverse effect, though, in that it leads to a failure to challenge negative behaviors within family life. It also intensifies parents’ guilt.

Do you feel like your family doesn’t love you?

Feeling like your family ignores you, doesn’t respect you, or even like your family doesn’t love you, is incredibly painful. Maybe you feel like the black sheep of the family and always in the wrong. Perhaps you feel like no matter what you do it is never good enough.

Are your family members not letting you in on their lives?

Forgetting to tell you about accomplishments, not celebrating achievements, or sharing important aspects of their life events clearly indicates that your family members are not letting you in on a good chunk of their life.

What happens when your family does not care about you?

Toxic family members can cause a lot of stress when they show the signs your family doesn’t care about you (signs 1-4 below). Their jealousy, manipulation, drama, criticism and other negative behaviors towards you can drain you emotionally, ruin your self-esteem and make you feel sick.