Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:
Well... name calling is wrong but there is perhaps a reason why the people who post her focused on you rather than your mum. Unless the only reason why you post here is for people to commiserate with you, feel pity, call your mum names so you feel completely justified - then yah, just let the readers know, and we will empathise.
But I guess the other reason you post here is to get readers to help solve your problem. We don't know your mum and we can't ask her to do anything about it. You are already seeing a counsellor so it seems that on a certain level, both of you DO want this miscommunication abolished except that you can't. So what is there left?
The only thing that is within YOUR control to change is your own behaviour and how that can improve your relationship with your mum. Telling you your mum is a bitch is not going to help - but sharing that perhaps since your mum is obviously not able to control herself or her temper, you should take the initiative to be the one to start being pleasant even when it is difficult to. When your mum sees that you are trying so hard to accommodate her BECAUSE you love her and care for her, things can change. How determined are you to keep things pleasant even when she does something that hurt you? That will be how things are going to change.
Yup. We can go ahead and say you're right and your mum is wrong. And your mum should change and everything... But how would that help? Your mum probably won't even be here listening to us... For all I know we might even further fuel your hatre towards yuor mum... So much for helping?
In this given situation, it's not really about who's right and who's wrong... It's really about whether you wish to improve on the situation?
Put yourself up to the challenge, see if you can IMPROVE on the situation...? Complaining's too easy... Almost everybody can do that....
End of the day if you think just rantings and complainings would be enough for you... By all means... Nobody's really stopping you. AA welcomes you to 'release' your agony here... A period down the line,
feel free to come back again...?Why not try to remedy your situation over time so that you can get over a barrier and better channel your energy and focus on other aspects of your life...
