Is it normal that i get nervous whenever my parents come home

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Whenever I hear their cars pull in or when someone opens the door at my house, I get really tense and think "oh shit they're home!" I don't know why but I'll go from relaxing at home to getting really anxious. I like my parents and all it's just that I get annoyed/worried whenever they come home from work. It's like I feel like I got caught relaxing and now the fun's over or something. Is this normal?

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  • Martybird
    13 years ago

    HA! Same, my parents are great, but just as i enjoy staying at home, and doign nothing, they come in and I feel my stomach drop cuz I feel like I have to be productive or something :P

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I feel the same way even though I wasnt doing anything wrong I feel like I got to hide the evidence of something I did even though there is nothing to hide
    But whenever i do do something wrong then it is like 10 times worse lol

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    yeah it's natural:L

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  • hugabug
    13 years ago

    Yea I do that too, but that's just cuz I hate them. Lol

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  • mm47
    7 years ago

    same! I always feel like i should be doing something productive lol

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  • gowila
    13 years ago

    If you look up the psychology behind it you may find that you have been conditioned into feeling this way. Perhaps when you were younger you may have been doing something your parents wouldn't have liked and when they approached you may have been anxious about getting caught. Or there must be a reason why your parents comming home make you feel like you are in trouble.

    What ever the reason you may be able to unlearn it by examining the emotion as you are feeling it and realize that it is no longer a valid one.

    When I was younger I stole from one of my teachers and was always worried about getting caught, every time I saw that teacher I felt anxious. After a couple of years, every time I saw the teacher I still felt like I was in trouble because I had associated that teacher with that emotion. Anyway I hope you get what I'm trying to say.

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