My mother is making me socially isolated.
I am 43F and I am slowly going crazy because of the mom. Whenever friends send gifts to my home, nmom will say bad things and insist the edible items are poisonous and make up stories about the inedible items being spoiled or being stolen goods.
Also, when I go out with friends, my nmom will pull a long face, give me cold treatment and make unreasonable comments about my friends.
she will say things that don’t make sense and act like a victim. She’ll throw things, call me unfillial, scream and shout and insist I stay at home every day with her.
she insist i come back immediately after work too.
i feel so trapped and so socially isolated. I feel like I am going crazy. How do I go on living such a life? I currently am not working (going back to school) so I can’t move out too.
I don’t know what to do…
Netizens’ comments
- I’m sure OP has her reasons or difficulties in not moving out so let’s give her that credit. I am worried however, of the disruptive nature that your mom exhibits. It is definitely not a healthy one, and especially at this age (since you’re 40 I’m assuming your mom is in her late 60s to 70s), it might be detrimental to your mom as well.
- I’ve watched many shows about schizo. Seems like it. Of course, I’m not an expert. But a lot of things point to it. They may have the tendency to become paranoid and suspect people of saying or doing bad things.