I am a long time lurker so please bear with me. 

Brief background: 
1. Large immediate family (8)
2. Entire family lacks communication skills/ sharing emotions
3. I am seen as one of the stronger personalities of the family
4. Family is full of jokesters

I've always wanted to share my thoughts/feelings/emotions with my family but never could. We always (innocent in intention) make fun of each other. I had a recent traumatic event happen to me. I never gave my family the full story because I was scared of opening up. They actually found out it happened through one of my friends not knowing they were not aware. She was trying to check up on me. Basically, during the event I was injured and now I am temporarily disabled (1 year +). I down played it to my family because I didn't know what to say. Being a family of jokesters they make fun of me (not directly about my injury, but some of the results of being injured) They do it with no ill intent but I'll be honest it digs into my soul because they don't know the whole story. I want to come clean and tell them everything, how their comments hurt me, what happened, etc. I just don't know how. Its a rarity we are all together and I feel like everyone needs to find out relatively at the same time. The best I could think of (its silly) was to send a FB message to every family member with everything in it. Since most of the family is non-confrontational, I thought this would be good so immediate thoughts aren't lashed out. They have time to digest it then come to me when they feel is right. I just need advice on how to approach my family and share whats on my mind.
user
I need help sharing my thoughts/feelings/emotions with my family.
assistant
I am a long time lurker so please bear with me. 

Brief background: 
1. Large immediate family (8)
2. Entire family lacks communication skills/ sharing emotions
3. I am seen as one of the stronger personalities of the family
4. Family is full of jokesters

I've always wanted to share my thoughts/feelings/emotions with my family but never could. We always (innocent in intention) make fun of each other. I had a recent traumatic event happen to me. I never gave my family the full story because I was scared of opening up. They actually found out it happened through one of my friends not knowing they were not aware. She was trying to check up on me. Basically, during the event I was injured and now I am temporarily disabled (1 year +). I down played it to my family because I didn't know what to say. Being a family of jokesters they make fun of me (not directly about my injury, but some of the results of being injured) They do it with no ill intent but I'll be honest it digs into my soul because they don't know the whole story. I want to come clean and tell them everything, how their comments hurt me, what happened, etc. I just don't know how. Its a rarity we are all together and I feel like everyone needs to find out relatively at the same time. The best I could think of (its silly) was to send a FB message to every family member with everything in it. Since most of the family is non-confrontational, I thought this would be good so immediate thoughts aren't lashed out. They have time to digest it then come to me when they feel is right. I just need advice on how to approach my family and share whats on my mind.
user
My extended family is not helpful at all at handling my
assistant