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Am I turning my back on my own Mother?

  • 13-06-2011 4:44pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Hi, I have just finished college and am temporarily living back home with my Mother who is on her own as my brother and sister live abroad. I moved home to keep her company and also to gather my plans for what I am going to do next. Our family has a history of problems and she suffers from her nerves so she can be very difficult to be around at times. I find that being around her is almost impossible at times and I feel there is absolutely nothing I can do for her. We have two completely different outlooks on life and are very different. I get depressed when I am around her as I hate to see her unhappy yet she is mostly this way. It frustrates me so much and it saddens me deeply to see my own Mother so dissatisfied with her life but I feel nothing I do or say helps her.

    I try spend as much time as I can out of the house and with friends and when I am away I am so much more happy and I forget all about her troubles. Then as soon as I go home it all comes back. I feel terrible but I just cannot live with her for much longer and I am thinking of going to London to live. I need to get on with my own life but I feel like I am just walking away from my own Mother and I feel so guilty. I would do anything to help her if I could but she just has a different perception on life and it is impossible to make her think about things differently.


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  • #2
    Curry Addict
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Curry Addict


    your mother enjoys your positive energy around her. suffering from nerves is very tough and often misunderstood. dont take her problems on your own back, she only needs your comfort just as you need from her. dont see her as a problem see her as someone you can give some love too and enjoy her person inside. you can help to light her life a little and maybe inspire her. take her in small doses as much as you can and be positive.


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