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sw
sweetie
1y ago

my mom´s weird behaviour

my mom's behavior. I'm 18 and have been having severe panic attacks for the last year and a half. that's what my psychologist said. I don’t think so myself, because maybe it’s something else. The fact is that I have been living in this condition for a long time and my mother does not allow me treatment. the first year, when this effect had not yet taken hold and I went once to a psychologist with her cuz was underage. session hour. For the first 30 minutes she sat with me without allowing me to really say anything, then the doctor asked her to leave and she stood at the door as if she was eavesdropping...or was it just me? let's ignore this fact, I wasn't sure. After that, my mother said that the psychologist was useless and we would no longer attend therapy. that's it..what's next? Then there are a lot of reproaches and “pull yourself together, you can control this” “program yourself and everything will be fine” “just breathe deeply and everything will pass.” I lost my mind. These phrases began to cause aggression in me. I'll tell you honestly. When a person doesn’t understand your condition and says so, it infuriates me. Before all this, I was experiencing severe stress and wanted to kill myself, which my mother told the therapist about without my knowledge. She also says “look, this child has a disability, he is fighting for life, and you cut your wrists and want to kill yourself.”. (this especially irritates me) She also seems to be ashamed of me. Or she says that she’s tired of me and it’s all my fault, etc. Things got worse over time and I didn’t go into remission at all. and now I go to therapy once a week for panic attacks. And then, it was a necessary measure. By the way, now when I feel bad, my mother gets worried and has a hypertensive crisis, apparently due to stress, for which, of course, she blames me. It’s very difficult for me because I have no one else in my family, and even when I feel bad too and I’m in a panic, I help her, bring her water, etc. And when, during her hypertension, I sit down to check my pulse or blood pressure, I always hear “Everything is fine with you, stop measuring this crap, you’re stressing me out,” it’s all gotten to the point where I get very upset and blame myself for it. Also, many doctors said that I should visit a psychiatrist, but I live in a country where all this is recorded, and even one visit to a psychiatrist could end with me not going to university, not being able to work at a good job, being the scum of society and not I can drive a car..like this. I'm completely confused and don't understand what to do☹️ in a year I will have the opportunity to move in with a girl and leave her. and while I don’t have the opportunity to do this and I’m under the care of my mother, so to speak, then I would really like to get advice on how to learn to perceive it differently or how to ignore it..

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Veena Choudhary
1y
Specialist

Hi,


You have gone through a great deal of emotional rejection, invalidation, shaming from your mother. You have endured a difficult set of behaviour for way too long.

so it is understandable why you have started blaming yourself for it. The belief which she has embedded in your belief system makes you feel like that. Belief like you are inadequate, .

Beliefs like this when repeated to ourselves frequently makes you more stress, panicked, damaged and unworthy.


So to decide whether to ignore or to perceive it differently is a choice you make based on your situation in hand and based on what you feel is right for your future. But it is necessary you go to a psychiatrist or reach them online. There are various organisation in different countries which gives you support online. it is required so that you can handle and cope with the stress and not harm yourself which is the priority right now. Your emotional well being should be the need of the hour now.


If you feel you want to stay one more year then see you can try this one strategy for dealing this is being gray rock meaning you become uninteresting and unresponsive. The idea is to make someone lose interest in you. You don't show emotions, say anything interesting or disclose any information. You just limit your answer to few syllables or nods like may be or i dont know. Even if you are accused you dont react. This will let her leave you alone or may be intrigued to understand what has happened to you.

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GreenVixen
1y

May I wonder what country is it that controls every move of their citizen?

You say you’re still going to therapy for panic attacks once a week. It all sounds like you’re not satisfied with your therapist, and you don’t even trust them. To me it’s a big red flag, therapy is a very personal issue, I’d never waste my time in therapy with someone I don’t trust.

sw
sweetie
1y
Author

@GreenVixen I can’t tell u cuz I’m even scared to tell but I’m the Eastern Europian

ju
jules
1y

It’s so painful when our closest family won’t support :( … Your mother needs counseling herself, if she feels ashamed of you. No, seriously, you shouldn’t be responsible for her mental health, you have enough on your plate. I hope you’ll get some backup and your girlfriend is supporting you. It’s not fair that you have to take care of someone else’s worries when you need help yourself

sw
sweetie
1y
Author

@jules i know I’m trying my best to get better but she doesn’t understand and idk how to find a way to made it up

ju
jules
1y

@sweetie I hope you’re saving to get out. Meanwhile, your mother needs to focus on something else other than on you. I wouldn’t tell her anything about mental issues anymore. She doesn’t take you seriously, so it won’t do you any good, it only makes her unstable and manipulative...

Hang in there, just one more year!

sw
sweetie
1y
Author

@jules Thank u so much! I’m trying 🥹

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lokkwood
1y

Does your mother know anything about your gf and your plans to leave? Can it be that she doesn’t want you to leave, since you say you’re her only family. Perhaps she’s clinging to you the only way she can. I don’t think it’s normal, and it’s obviously backfiring. But maybe you can talk to her in all honesty. You’ll be independent soon, it’s probably scaring her out of her wits

sw
sweetie
1y
Author

@lokkwood She doesn’t know

lo
lokkwood
1y

@sweetie In that case, perhaps you should tell her you’ll leave her soon. Once she realizes you’re not joking, she might change her behavior.

Even though you didn't ask for sympathy, I feel for you. Yours is a tough situation. I can only wish that things get better for you soon, and you’ll be able to properly address your own issues.

sw
sweetie
1y
Author

@lokkwood I can’t tell her cuz she’s very homophobic and she’ll kill me 😭 ok for sure she worn accept it so I prefer to wait and leave now it all is

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