Life had gotten hard, confusing, and scary. When I was 12, my mother cornered me in the bathroom of our suburban Vancouver home.
My poor dad is a little bruised and very unsure as what do, it's been going on so long now I don't think he realises this is not healthy for anyone. 'What we have to Take...' that is the theme.
My mother's family talks like that all the time. Of course, I knew why I was depressed. I actually cut contact with her some years ago for many reasons including this one.
It is not funny any more. This is my mom's sister.
I tried to change topics etc--labeled a misfit and they will no longer speak to me. My mother takes her in small doses these last few years.
“Your teeth are too yellow,” she said, handing me a can of Comet.
It's difficult to know your role when your parent has depression.
Always negative, it's all about her, no one knows what she's going through, she's always right.
who are the causes of her ills.
According to my dad things have been like this for ages "it's just how it is""you can't fix it" "just leave her alone". Mother is negative about everything and alienating the family Asked by an Anonymous User on 2018-05-8 with 1 answer: I am writing you because I do not know what else to do. I don't think I have ever heard them say anything good about anyone.
I am a woman in my 50s looking for advice on how to cope with my needy and manipulative mother, who is in her 80s. But in my adult life, this was surely the most relentless bout I had experienced. She has never taken responsibility for any of her actions - always the victim. Funnily enough my mother has also been alone for many years after being widowed almost 40 years ago.
How to Deal With a Depressed Parent.
I’d dealt with depression before. My mother, too, is very negative - it's her sister, or MIL (who's been dead for almost 50 years), or a lady at church, or the neighbour, etc. I think negative people have learned to get attention that way. My Aunt lives in Florida so my mom only talk to her once a week. She tend to lie about things and when confronted she'll deny it.
My mother is identical to this, has been totally negative and put me down all my life.