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My Mom's Unpredictable Mood
My mom's mood is very unpredictable. She can sometimes be very delusional, abusive, and irrational. I know that she was abused when she was younger but she refuses to talk about it with anyone, she hasn't even told me. I also know that schizophrenia runs in my family. I think that she has some kind of mental illness and I want her to get help. If not she will just keep driving me and her boyfriend away from her with her mistreatment. I just don't know how to convince her to get help and admit she has a problem. If she doesn't get help soon I'll be forced to leave her. I can't stand the way she treats me. Please help me.
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you and her boyfriend should confront her if she begins to get hostile leave immediately
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You sound concerned about your mom out of genuine love. Please do not take on the responsibility of trying to fix or heal her yourself. Probably you have spent too much time of your young life taking care of her emotionally than is good for you. Let her boyfriend and her work things out for themselves. You can share your feelings with her, but you cannot force her to seek help. If you want your own healthy adult life, then you need to leave without feeling guilty for it. You do deserve to start thinking about a life that is apart and unburdened by your mother. If she were rational and healthy, she would want that for you.
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I think your best answer would come from this columnist. He is a psychologist and answers questions that get sent to his inbox. If he doesn't
respond in a couple of days then he does have his email listed on his column. :)
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