It seems family ties are the most emotionally driven. — Andrew4Handel

As children and part of our developmental stage in life, we require the emotional protection and care of our family and environmentally they are pivotal to the development of our emotions and emotional reactions, so to a degree they become a part of you, or at least there seems to be this acceptance that they understand you. When we reach adulthood, we still hold onto this connection and why our responses tend to remain emotionally driven, but we are no longer children. The point is that as adults, it is rational to view your family as adults and separate to you, that no one is allowed to treat you in anyway that will hurt you and it is merely a matter of acknowledging this.

A safety behaviour is to take the route of least hassle. I suppose it is a form of apathy. I am not sure what pragmatism is when applied to a scenario. — Andrew4Handel

The least hassle approach, however, does not really get to the root cause of the problem, not just the emotional responses within you, but such apathy almost inadvertently permits what has hurt you in the first place. To be rational is not to deny your emotions neither to allow it to overtake you, but to understand and apply it within reason and this process seems to work closely with how we choose to live and apply ourselves in our own lives. It is impossible to attain genuine happiness if you are in an unhappy relationship but the least hassle approach would be to try and make it work. It is only prolonging the inevitable, stretching out years of unhappiness because you prefer the safest, least troublesome route.

When you have the right people in your personal space, genuine friends and apply yourself purposefully in your profession, you are emotional but in a positive way. Having the wrong people in your personal space, false friends and no purpose, you are emotional but in a negative way.