Mom competed with therapist
Finally started therapy this year after putting it off forever and somehow my mom turned it into a competition within like two conversations lol. i made the mistake of mentioning that my therapist told me i downplay my own feelings a lot and my mom immediately got weirdly defensive. she started saying stuff like “well i could’ve told you that for free” and “careful they dont fill your head with ideas.” then somehow the whole conversation became about how hard my childhood was for her instead of me. she literally spent twenty minutes explaining how stressful it was raising a sensitive kid, while i just sat there eating cold pasta wondering how we even got here. weirdest part is she suddenly started texting me fake therapy sounding advice afterward like she unlocked a new character class overnight. she’ll send stuff like “remember to protect your peace” right after insulting me three messages earlier. last week she told my aunt that therapy is making me distant because i dont answer random guilt texts immediately anymore.
Honestly feels like she’s mad someone else is finally getting access to the version of me she controlled for years. i didnt even realize how much i filtered myself around her until therapy started unpacking stuff slowly. now every interaction feels like spotting glitches in a game i used to think was normal. also kinda funny in a dark way watching someone get jealous of a licensed therapist because they arent the center of your emotional universe anymore. trying not to overreact but its exhausting constantly managing her reactions anytime i make healthy changes. curious if anybody else had parents act weirdly threatened once you started healing or setting boundaries because this whole thing feels bizarre