A Day in the Life of Iris

This is not news to anyone, I am a grown adult that still gets affected by her parent's arguments and silence. My younger brother is very busy all the time and does get involved until after things are looking better. My oldest brother chooses to not let it bother him. He just keeps living. I wish I could make myself not care too. It sounds horrible and thankfully I have learned to let them figure out their small disagreements and not jumping in quickly to explain qhat the other person meant to say or their intentions to give them perspective. I am proud of myself for step back, but there are times when it gets hard, I worry. My mother is very prideful to the point that it's very rare for her to admit she was wrong or readjust her thinking. We (my brothers and I) have talked to her about her habit of going to defensive mode and not listening and we have told her that it is okay to admit you were mistaken, it would not diminish her character. But she is who she is. My ...