Martin concedes the pressure he has experienced since taking charge has had a physical toll that his family has noticed.
The former Southampton manager stated: "Last week, I wasn’t very well. I had a chest infection. My daughter’s also been in hospital three nights this week. That gives you perspective, because your kid is poorly and all that stuff.
"My mum was on about how unwell I looked or beaten up after the game. I wanted to sit down after 60 minutes but felt I couldn’t because I was getting shouted at by a lot of people and it would have looked a certain way.
"I have to accept it. I know the intensity coming into the club and that was part of the challenge of choosing this job ahead of others.
"If you want to enjoy it when it’s going well, you have to accept it when it’s not. That’s fine. The family has to get used to it because I want to be a manager for a very long time. They have to find a way to deal with it.
"It’s a really difficult balance for me. It hurts professionally because we work so hard to try and give the supporters what they want, which is a team which wins a lot and does it in a certain way."
I am frustrated
Martin also said: "So I am more frustrated than anyone, being in charge of that with some of the results and performances.
"Then being in here and listening to someone tell me the team doesn’t look like it’s coached is difficult.
"Because the one thing we’ve always had at any team is they have a certain way of doing things. Whether you believe in it or like it or not, they definitely look a certain way which takes a lot of time on the training pitch.
"So we will get there with this team. The fans’ protests and stuff, I can’t control at all, so I don’t spend any time. I have to respect it and understand their frustration and annoyance. I feel every bit of it as well.
"But I do think it’s an amazing opportunity for us as a team to come through this period, to grow through it and be so strong from it.
"Hopefully, at that point everyone will come together. We just need to win football matches."