Happy Easter! Or?
Easter is a common holiday for family and relatives to see each other again. For many, it can be nice to meet family members you haven’t seen for a long time, to celebrate together with sweets, Easter must and happy children.
For others, it may mean old conflicts coming to the surface or an entire day spent not airing out old hurts and feuds.
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News24 have talked to Emelie Bladpsychologist at Mindler, on how to proceed if the Easter celebration feels anything but enticing.
– It is a difficult balance between asserting one’s right, and letting family peace depend, says Blad to Nyheter24.
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Is it worth bringing up old conflicts? Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT. The psychologist on infected family conflicts: “It’s important that you feel for it yourself”
Old conflicts can rub more than you think when you are confronted with them. Blad says that it is not entirely easy to decide whether to spend time lifting old wounds or letting them remain.
Is it better to let something difficult remain unsaid or is it worth highlighting the loss of comfort?
– Here it is important that you feel for yourself what will be best for you, says Blad, and continues:
– Do you feel that it is an important issue where you feel the need to raise it for your own self-respect – drive hard! Then it might be worth the sour faces around the Easter table. If it is rather the case that it is more important for you to have a quiet event, then choose to refrain from bringing it up this time.
Reuniting with family and relatives can also include hidden girlfriends or shameless debt-plaguing. Keeping up with all your relatives can sometimes feel impossible.
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– All family members have a responsibility to raise their needs and wishes. Sometimes these can come out in less constructive ways – for example through debt coverage or pikes. Try to look beyond the delivery of the statement, and look behind it, says Blad.
Anyone who has moved from their home town or simply chooses not to participate in all family reunions can hear it.
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– It is a family member who misses you – and he has every right to do so. However, you should not renounce yourself and your priorities, you have every right to stand for your choices and frequency of visits, Blad tells Nyheter24.
Then Systembolaget will be closed during the Easter weekend 2024