Growing up in a chaotic environment can have an impact on your physical and emotional health and your relationships in adulthood.
It’s important to find a therapist who has experience in this area. Here are some things to look for and ask about.
The Best Books For People Who Grew Up In Chaos
Whitney Goodman, LMFT answers your questions about growing up in chaos.
It may be hard to control your environment, but you can communicate with the people around you and try to help them understand why you need more peace.
If you want more peace in your adult relationships, you have to work on the relationship with yourself.
A worksheet of strategies to infuse more peace in your life.
Think about the chaos in specific areas of your life: work, family, romantic relationships, etc. Do you struggle with chaos like an addiction?
A workbook designed to help you create a peaceful family and home.
Adults who were raised in extremely chaotic environments may find themselves sabotaging every chance they have at stability
By explaining that you want stability and why you may be drawn to chaos, the people around you can learn to support you.
It’s not supposed to feel like your life is always on fire.
If you are working on healing from a chaotic childhood, this worksheet can help.
When noise and chaos become unmanageable, you may want to explain this to your other family members or people in your household.
There is consistent evidence that household chaos leads to poor outcomes for children, parents, and the family.
If you grew up in a chaotic household, you may struggle with establishing safe, stable relationships in adulthood.
Journal prompts to help you determine how growing up in chaos impacted you.
Did you grow up in a chaotic home? Listen to these signs and see how many apply to you.
You are allowed to (and can) create a life that doesn’t always feel like it’s on fire.
Trying to manage someone’s emotions becomes exhausting and futile.