I Want to Be Closer to My In-Laws

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Claire believes that her intense personality is preventing her from having a better relationship with her in-laws. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:11.0	Claire, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, how are you, Dr. Laura?
0:17.0	Excellent. Thank you. What is causing you stress today?
0:21.0	Well, it seems to be there some stress going with family members on my husband's side of the family and I feel like I'm putting him in the middle of it.
0:29.0	And I want to see if there's a better way to handle things than what I'm currently doing.
0:34.0	Okay, slow down. Slow down. How old are you? How old is he and how long have you been married?
0:41.0	We've been married for 23 years and I am 47 and he's 47.
0:46.0	Okay. Do you have any children?
0:49.0	We do. We have 117 year old son.
0:52.0	Okay. So tell me about his family.
0:58.0	He has a lot of family nearby and my family is not nearby.
1:03.0	So we moved here a few years ago to be closer to family because we were a military family and we didn't have that support.
1:10.0	When my son was younger and I looked forward to having a lot of support being around family.
1:15.0	Unfortunately, I do suffer with long-term depression and anxiety and I find that it causes me to sometimes shut down.
1:26.0	And I see it feels like I think in my observations are that I have closed down on his family and I've kind of put him in the middle of it and I probably stress him out because I claim I'm not a family member.
1:42.0	Okay. Give me. I don't understand. I don't understand what you're talking about.
1:49.0	How does this cause stress to his family?
1:53.0	Well, it's not causing stress to his family. I must have misspoke there and I apologize.
1:58.0	I probably cause stress to him because I complain to him about the lack of a connection with his family over the last few years.
2:07.0	And I desperately want that but with the things that I struggle with, I find it hard sometimes to reach out and let them know exactly how I feel.
2:18.0	So instead I shut down.
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