u/Any_Lemon_3735

I (26 NB) have gone no/low contact with my mother for about 2 almost 3 months now. I don't wanna get into everything cuz that is about 20 years of trauma, anger, and pettiness for my therapist to analyze, not the internet.

Now the reason I come to reddit is because like I said, I am low contact with my mom. Hell her family in general. If they were strangers, I wouldn't go near them let alone call them family. They're strangers I happen to be related to. They tell each other everything, anyone i trusted and thought i could talk to; told my mom everything asap. So I couldn't trust anyone with anything. I felt like I was being monitored most of my life. The one aunt I had support from, went back in contact with the family and told me to suck it up when I expressed i had anxiety and didn't wanna see them. So now, I have no one on that side.

One 1 hand i have been the best I ever been mentally and I have been thriving in hobbies, still job hunting cuz this economy is ass. My relationship is stronger than ever.

On the other, I still feel some guilt going low/0 contact. I haven't spoken to my mom in months, my distant family longer. I don't wanna wish her happy mother's day because I feel like it will give her false hope that I may still want a relationship in the near future. But I also feel this strong obligation that I have to "cuz shes my mother."

My younger sister understands but she hasn't given me a clear answer of what to do. Our older brother doesn't know ANYTHING about the situation, mostly cuz he doesn't care unless it involves him. My friends are biased, and my dumb ass postponed my last therapy session for an interview that was canceled.

So reddit, wibta if I didn't say happy mother's day? Am I overthinking this? Is my anxiety getting the better of me?

I go to check on my pot of strawberries and I see a bright red one ready to pick for my boyfriend. I go to inspect it and THE BOTTOM OF IT MOVES!!!

IT WAS A GOD DAMN SLUG!!!

I burned the fucker in the grill and then I transplanted my strawberries to a new spot because I saw some baby slugs in the pot and was even more grossed out. ANY TIPS PLEASE 🙏 😭😭😭

I hate slugs...

I (26 nb) had an abortion almost 3 years ago. I've been in an out of it. I've had anxiety, stress, depression caused by hormonal changes in the implant and the pill afterward... till i just stopped hormonal birth control completely. I have started anti depressants and even got better with therapy.

But I am still triggered. When a female character gets pregnant and cries I am also in tears. When she has an abortion and her partner holds her I am sobbing as my man holds me. I keep thinking back to it. I don't regret it. I am not ready. But I cannot help but also be frozen with tears as u watch these scenes.

Has this happened to anyone else? Does it stop?