Why do I always feel so uncomfortable talking about my emotions with my parents?

Sometimes it feels like your parents will judge you on how you feel and possible punish you for feeling a certain way.

You probably feel uncomfortable because you are scared of how they will react to what you say and how you feel.

Parents often care so much that sometimes they have a hard time listening completely without first over reacting and so when we express our feelings, we are showing a vulnerable side to ourselves, which can be scary if we know they may not understand or approve completely.

Because I think they won't understand me, and they will criticise my choices. And also, I am not used to talk to them about my emotions

I think sometimes sharing your emotions with your parents might make you feel like you will disappoint them in a way. And also most often times we think they will not understand. We also see that our parents are sometimes under a lot of stress and feel guilty that we will just be adding on to it if we do share our emotions and feelings.

Often we feel that our parents does not understand us, and we are afraid that they might not be supportive

It can be hard to talk with your parents as a child/teen or even an adult. Try to know that most parents want what is best for their children and try to build that trust with them so you can feel comfortable. If you feel that is failing...then try to talk to someone you do trust to help you like a family member or counselor.

Well basically, it's because my parents thinking differs from mine. We have what people call a 'generation gap' and because of this parents usually are either unable to understand or help us out with our emotional problems. It's obvious that they have had different experiences throughout their lives but it doesn't necessarily mean that they have experienced the things we are and they just tend to get worried about us and maybe even try to help even though they are unable to (none of which is their fault either by the way).

You may feel scared of sharing emotions with your parents because they may have reacted negatively before, or they may not share their emotions with you making you feel that they don't have emotions (spoiler alert: everyone has emotions- even parents!). It's challenging too, because parents have authority which makes it feel less safe to share your feelings.

I also felt the same way when i wanted to talk to my parent about how im feeling, i guess the though of how she would react frightened me but when i told her i was surprised that she actually understood me and helped me with my emotions. Hope that answer helped:)

That's normal for anyone you just need to breathe and relax cause you parents have to know these stuff.

It's what everyone feels, I face with it almost everyday. You can't talk about your every feelings to them. But believe me, they try their best to be there for you. They are the only persons in the world who'd be there to listen to you, who wouldn't lose hope on you when everyone slow seems to. They aren't the perfect people to talk about your crush or something but they are the best people to talk about your problems. Dad's are the best listeners for their daughters.☺

Parents might not understand you as you are born in different generations and you’re scared they might not understand your emotions correctly

Sometimes we feel that we want to impress our parents, and we do not wish to disappoint them, thus making it hard to discuss something so personal. However, my advice is to be open with them because they will always love you.

you Think that they have no idea on what do you personally feel, understanding that they are able to understand can be important

That's a very normal feeling. Whenever I am sad or having something going on it takes me a while to really open up about it. Although, I've gotten closer with my mom so I go to her about most of my problems. But with my dad, I just can't find a way to really explain anything to him. There's nothing wrong with that, some people are close with their parents and can talk with them and all, and some can't. Nothing wrong with that, and you don't always have to share your feelings to your parents either.

Being vulnerable can be uncomfortable and opening up can be unsettling especially when it is our parents because we think they are going to tell us that we are supposed to feel A, B and C. However at the end of the day, they are your emotions, they are what you feel. If they cant understand or try to understand what you are feeling then its time to take a next step and find someone you can open up to. Our parents wont always listen, but you cant be afraid of being heard.

Talking about emotions with parents is often uncomfortable; it's completely natural. Because of the age gap and difference is life knowledge, they tend to judge and give answers that aren't comforting. They also may not remember what it fees like to be your age. You have most likely picked up on this, as have most. So it isn't a surprise that you tend to shy away from talking to your parents about personal matters.

Because of fear of their reaction, thy can jugdme me or say angry things about me. The anticipation about what they are gonna say or do. The consecuences of my talk. In very rigid family enviroments talking about feellings is a sign of weakness and sons can hide their emotions not to feel weak or be seeing as weak. But it is the best thing for a boy to talk about feellings with others, to have a valve of scape. I realize that when I was older. An dwish my family were more suportive, but any way the past is the past and now I know the right behaviour, and besides my famuly was great in other aspects