Today is Thanksgiving and I just told my family, I didn't want to speak to them again.
I am 26 years old and I haven't been able to forget the pain of the emotional abuse I endured from my mother. I have a sister, 8 years younger, that she treats very differently.
It's like my mother is a completely different woman than she used to be. She is now a doting, kind and considerate mother.
The mother I knew called my older sister and I fat, ugly and stupid.
This should not bother me as an adult, but it does.
I am not jealous of my younger sister, just jealous that my mother did not treat my sister and I the same, and in some ways, still does not.
I have deep-rooted self esteem issues that she caused, and as an educated, professional woman, I still haven't overcome them.
When I spend time with my family, I feel worse about myself. Time with them inevitably leads to an argument which I come away from feeling horrible and guilty.
What should I do?
2006-11-23
12:00:13
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Maggie D
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