Living in the United States can feel like you and your dad are trying to fix the car, but you can’t agree where the engine is. And no one could still drive the car how others could have been so wrong all time. So you tie each other in white. And the car is still broken.
Not only you. that Pew Research Center The US political and ideological divisions are said to be wider than decades. And in a small village in Alaska, especially in cities where you can’t get away, you can feel as if you are inevitable.
Ketchikan has recently seen a lot of demonstrations. There was protest and assembly About the federal government, Mass launchAbortion, and usually Donald Trump.
But when I talked with people in protests and meetings, I noticed one thing. Many people talked about resentment of loved ones because of politics. They talked about how annoying and tired it was.
Believe it, or reporters feel that tension. So I fired an email from the family therapists in the city. “I need expertise to explore pressure points,” he said.
I told them that I wasn’t used to the feeling of reacting and angry, and I didn’t think I was alone. I said I wanted to know if there was no way.
A therapist immediately responded.
“I think there are a few of us who are grateful for talking about this topic.” It is certainly at the forefront of my life and personally. “
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CaitLin Andrews has a car and noise machine in the waiting room. Her tremendous treatment dog, Guinness, slept in a large armchair next to me while we were talking.
The practice of Andrews is called Oilean Wellbeing. It is the Irish of “Island”. She says that in a small island village like Ketchikan, cave political politics is divided as “really heavy.” And she says that the alienation of others in the community is experiencing more and more customers.
“This is huge. I talked a week to everyone that my customer talked about. It affected everyone, whether it was a debate with the family, an eye on the eyes, or the family was influenced.” “These are all the true things that the therapists from all over the country are facing right now.”
Andrews is a family therapist and works with people of political spectrum. Many of her customers are teenagers and families. She says she needs to talk with people to talk about religion and politics.
“Look for people who can have constructive and healthy discussions.” You can’t always be like people you have in your life, but it’s just life. “
Andrews says it is normal to feel the anger of those closest to you, but we must ask yourself what is under the surface.
“Anger is not in itself. It’s a secondary feeling. There is always anger,” she said.
None of these is simple. Andrews says it is important to support what he believes, but it is important if he is interested in the other person.
“The important part is that you can come back and talk,” she said. “Emotionally mature and ‘Look, I want to talk about what happened in the conversation.”
Nevertheless, it is easy for two people of political arguments to take a personal attack.
Andrews said, “Especially with the family, sometimes people are having trouble compared to what they support and what they support.” “Sometimes we are projecting the same thing when we get angry with others.”
And Andrews sometimes says that protecting themselves sometimes draws a line and means bringing a painful topic from the table.
“This is ugly, I love you so much. We’ll have to stop talking about this topic,” she said. “It’s a boundary.”
Some pain is often built in the basics of family relationships, but Andrews does not defend customers.
“It’s all me,” she said.
She often feels powerless as no one can hear. But she told me that he had already done one step. I admitted that there is a problem.
“Sometimes it can be the hardest part,” she said. “Many people are not responsible. People come to me because they want to get better.”
And Andrews thinks there is one thing that everyone can control. The response to the headline and the reaction to people in life can be read differently. And she says that it is a good place to start.
