Today, my mother continues to copy everything I do. So far, she's switched to seeing my doctor, my therapist, my hairdresser, and even shopping at my preferred supermarket. I've lived independently for ten years, but I'm starting to fear for my safety. FML
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College Life
Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, my moms are driving me mad. My biological mom, a therapist, keeps telling me I need to try new things because life is short. My non-biological mom, a doctor, keeps telling me everything new I want to try has health risks that will shorten my life even further. FML
Today, I live with my mother and realized she goes out with her friends and dates more times a week than I do in a single month. FML
Today, my mom has gotten to the stage of her Alzheimer’s where every time I visit she thinks I’m a burglar, and screams and cries until I leave. My dad does his best, but I just want my mom back. FML
Today, I found my mother wandering the halls of my fraternity unescorted and asked why she was here, she told me she was concerned when I didn't pick up my phone for two days. She then informed me that she had also moved to the same city I live in. My mother moved over 600 miles to stalk me. FML
Today, my mom read my diary. Then she frantically booked me an appointment with a psychiatrist. FML
Today, I'm self isolating with a mother who hogs the remote but doesn't know how to use it, and is so short-sighted she can barely see the TV. Every five minutes, I hear, "What have I done now?", "How have I got onto this then?" and she won't let me help her. FML
Today, my mom sternly told me that she would no longer make doctor's appointments for me, since I need to do them myself. I've been staring at the phone for thirty minutes, crying from anxiety. I'm 27 and the most pathetic man alive. FML
Today, my mother has filled me with such grief from covert narcissism that I realized I'm having panic attacks about her being able to hear me if I speak my mind, even when I'm alone. I'm in my thirties and married. FML
Today, it's 2026, and my mom is still shit-scared of COVID and demands I wear a mask, slather on hand sanitizer, and just generally make an ass of myself everywhere I go. Being with her in public is so humiliating, she wears a face shield, two masks, and is equal parts Karen and Hitler. FML
Today, while trying to walk past my mother in the hallway, I hesitated because she suddenly moved to the side. She screamed at me for a solid five minutes about not being able to "predict her movements." And she wonders why I’m suicidal. FML
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Jeeper 9
Hmmm.... stop telling your mother anything about your life beyond basic, "yes I am alive."
RichardPencil 32
Do you have a boyfriend? That's when panic should set in.
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RichardPencil 32
Do you have a boyfriend? That's when panic should set in.
TwoBytesCarley 27
Sounds like you and your mother need to sit down with both your therapist at the same time and see how this can be resolved.
Jeeper 9
Hmmm.... stop telling your mother anything about your life beyond basic, "yes I am alive."
Charlie Given 28
Sounds like your mom misses you and is trying to hard to be part of your life.
Hangryko 32
Two words: Restraining order.
Tabby Rosas 8
legally it's a conflict of interest for your therapist to also treat your mother.
Yudith 28
Unless the therapist can do couples, or groups. It would be useful for both to see the therapist together.
Anderling 33
A while ago, someone on reddit got a bald cap and posted pics of themself all over social media to get their copycat to shave their head while that person got to keep the hair and stop the copying. Worth a shot at least? Or get a friend to loan you some goth stuff and take several pics in several different outfits, posted spaced out over a few days, and see if your mom wastes her money on that.
Crowned Sataness 12
let your therapist know because it's a conflict of ethics for her to see both and she may not know. put passwords on every medical account so she can't call and get into your records. actually password every account everywhere
RichardPencil 32
It's so great that your therapist is seeing your mom first hand! She's going to see exactly why and how ****** up you are. Rather than hearing your biased view of your mom, the therapist can objectively observe her destructive power.
1known 34
Your therapist shouldn’t let her see him/her.