Today, my mom found out that I've been having counselling behind her back for the past 4 years. I broke down in tears explaining everything. Her response was, "So you go and bitch about me behind my back?!" And she wonders why I'm depressed. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out the reason my mom took over 9 months to get me a therapist and much needed help after I told her how I had been depressed and suicidal for over two months. It wasn't because it was hard to find one, but actually because she thought I was making it up to cushion the fact that I got a C in a class. FML
Today, my mother is upset that I won’t share things with her anymore. This is the woman who spent my entire childhood gossiping about every teeny tiny detail of my life, and used my suicide attempt as a way to garner pity for herself. Yeah, no thanks. FML
Today, I finally convinced my mum to take me to a psychologist. As soon as he sat me down and asked me how I was doing, my mum burst into tears and went on a rant about how her life is terrible and she regrets everything. I was asked to sit in the waiting room. She used up my whole hour. FML
Today, and for the past year, I've been struggling with depression because of family life. I've been talking to my mom for the past weeks, telling her things that happen when she isn't home as a way to build trust. I finally told her I have depression and have had had it for a long time. She laughed. FML
Today, my mother snapped and took her frustrations out on me. Whenever she has a problem with other family members, it falls on me because she can't show them her true face to them. And she wonders why I hide away all the time… FML
Today, my mom found out I’m in therapy and took it as an insult, like therapy was a criticism of her parenting. Um, maybe if she hadn’t spent my childhood telling me and everyone in our family that having me was an accident, that I’ve been a huge burden, and that she should have aborted me. FML
Today, I was invited to a counseling group for people with emotional problems. I brought the permission slip home for my mom to sign, only for her to accuse me of being a hypochondriacal, lazy, selfish bitch. And my friends wonder why I have problems. FML
Today, I found out that my husband, who I've just separated from, and my mother, who I don't speak to because she's crazy, have been bitching about me behind my back. FML
Today, my mother told me to 'quit having a pity party'. I was just diagnosed with depression. I've lost my boyfriend, my job, my academic standing, and I just got rejected from every graduate school I applied for. And my mother thinks I'm a cry baby. Great. FML
Today, my mom sent me to a counselor she knew "through the church" so that I could get some stressors off my chest. Worst idea ever. This "counselor" invalidated everything I had to say and basically told me to pray the issues away, all while completely ignoring me. FML
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wastedpenguin 14
The point of counciling is penting and getting better, she should be happy for you..
haiku575 22
That's so horrible. Your mom needs to realise that you need to get yourself better so that you are able to deal with her bull.
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GuiLD15 7
Your mom has mental issues. that should gove you some peace of mind and more assurance about yourself.
Yikesthatsbad 2
my mom is like that alot. I feel for you.
Tawnkat 13
Sounds like my bitch of a mother. Same story pretty much. I feel for you. Only, my mother is for sure crazy. I hope yours isn't too bad!
bazookajoey 27
Your mom is an idiot. Please don't stop going to counselling, sounds like you need it more than ever
lwm 4
Ouch. Yes, you need that counselling, don't you? Let it go - you were doing the right thing!
cyna_g 18
My mom would say the same exact thing!!
Geckosrock99 33
Op, it sucks and it's a lot of BS, but some parents don't seem to believe in mental health. My dad is the same way. All four of us have low self esteem and a few of us have worse mental problems because he doesn't have a filter and prefers to talk crap than praise us. Nothing we did was ever good enough for him it seemed. Now that the youngest of us is 20, we realized that he didn't think that the positives needed to be said (they were never really implied), and if mom talks to him about it, he'll calm down about pointing out our negative qualities or mistakes. If you can't get your mom to understand, OP, I would suggest cutting her out of your life. You couldn't get through to her, but hopefully someone else can without her going off on them.
iBiteUrFaceXO 13
This is like my mom. I've been depressed for a long time but she never let me get counselling because she didn't want me "spreading bad rumours" behind her back. Meanwhile she bitches and lies and spreads personal shit about me all over facebook to her 272 friends.