My mom has been on a steady decline. She was repeatedly abused by my alcoholic dad, physically and emotionally. My family and I have been alone now, but after an incident at work my mom quit her job to avoid liabilities. She drinks so much wine, and she’s broken down crying on me three times, which she’s never done before. She swears more, and she won’t get another job even though she has three kids to raise. She verbally attacks me but treats my brothers well. I bumped into her in the kitchen once and she rounded on me, saying, “I’m getting this feeling that you’re trying to bug me,” which I had never even thought of doing. I told her that she should stop attacking me, because I need to vent and tell other people about what she’s doing to me, and she quickly apologized, maybe in an attempt to keep other people from knowing how she acted. She absolutely refuses therapy. I want to help her, but how? And how can I keep her from targeting me like this?
2007-03-22
13:15:53
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