Family Forensics

You may have heard of the show called Family Forensics which is being shown on Living TV.

The idea of the show is that you invite a team of forensic investigators into your home to profile the family, etc.

Now, why on earth would anyone do that?

I thought I would give it the benefit of the doubt and watch an episode. This week, the mother had invited the team in. The rest of the family only found out that morning just before they were taken away for the weekend. The twin daughters were very shocked with one of them having an anxiety attack whilst driving away from the house.

It was interesting to watch the team work gathering finger prints and fibre evidence. I was a little uncomfortable when they started examining knickers and sheets for 'biologicals'. But seeing one of the team pouring through the girls' journals made me feel very uncomfortable.

I have issues with this sort of snooping-tv as I have had experience of a family member invading my privacy with some emotional consequences. This had a direct and lasting impact on me, making it less likely for me to open up to people and also leading me to be very possessive and protective about my personal stuff. This was compounded by similar issues with an ex-boyfriend.

Thankfully Hubby was understanding and accepted my need to feel that certain things were private. With his help, I've been able to chill out a bit about this.

The de-brief at the end of the programme brought some powerful things out into the open that they would then have to work on as a family. But as a reserved Brit :o) I have to wonder whether a TV show is the best place to discuss the emotional dynamic of a family.

I've not yet been able to fully forgive the invasion of privacy that I experienced and I have to wonder whether those two girls will have similar feelings.