Trying to decompress from my last conversation with my mom.
I just can't keep my big mouth shut. Someone says something that I disagree with, I can't just be quiet. I can't just let it blow over and move on to another subject. I have to say something. I consider it a strength, but it's really a sickness. I am constantly hurting peoples feelings.
This applies to mom how? Mom contradicts herself, I have to point it out, she gets pissed and hangs up on me. Then she calls right back. Twice. Every time. I haven't been hung up on since I was 17. And now it's happening a lot with mom. Is she regressing? Is it menopause?
I'm at a loss. She needs medication. She goes from crying to purse lipped, shaking voice yelling angry to apathetic and back to crying in under 4 1/2 minutes (yes, I HAVE timed it). But me saying "mom you are confused again" only makes things worse. Duh. Could I possibly say anything more cutting? More cold-heartedly true? She'll never seek help and will just continue to get more and more pissed at me. Cause I don't know what to say to make things better.
I'd write more details about the level of conflict and blatant synapse misfiring in her emotionally bruised little pea sized brain but I'm tired and feeling a little helpless and hoping this guiness will turn my brain off enough so I can sleep. Maybe later. They are after all, very entertaining stories.
I just can't keep my big mouth shut. Someone says something that I disagree with, I can't just be quiet. I can't just let it blow over and move on to another subject. I have to say something. I consider it a strength, but it's really a sickness. I am constantly hurting peoples feelings.
This applies to mom how? Mom contradicts herself, I have to point it out, she gets pissed and hangs up on me. Then she calls right back. Twice. Every time. I haven't been hung up on since I was 17. And now it's happening a lot with mom. Is she regressing? Is it menopause?
I'm at a loss. She needs medication. She goes from crying to purse lipped, shaking voice yelling angry to apathetic and back to crying in under 4 1/2 minutes (yes, I HAVE timed it). But me saying "mom you are confused again" only makes things worse. Duh. Could I possibly say anything more cutting? More cold-heartedly true? She'll never seek help and will just continue to get more and more pissed at me. Cause I don't know what to say to make things better.
I'd write more details about the level of conflict and blatant synapse misfiring in her emotionally bruised little pea sized brain but I'm tired and feeling a little helpless and hoping this guiness will turn my brain off enough so I can sleep. Maybe later. They are after all, very entertaining stories.
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Well, actually I kind of like that.....
I go through periods where I "feel" I have a lot to say, adn then periods like now... I do hear too much about The International War on Tear on Fox radio at work (not my choice), and generally dumb and angry radio on the other stations, too.
I see what you're saying above there. yeah, I can analyze someone's physical problems all day to their face, but mental problems are a looottttt stickier. There's no comparison. I know someone who I think has a particular mental condition and.... I just feel like it'd freak the other person out, to tell them to their face, "I think you have XYZ Disease," so I don't dare broach the subject, even though I think it'd REALLY help the person.