My mother gives me so much anxiety!
Okay, so I just posted this on raisedbynarccisists, but all my posts there require moderator approval. That has to do with Reddit itself, and not the mod team of raisedbynarcissists.
My mother gives me so much anxiety. Yesterday, I told her, "You can't have anxiety over everything!", and she responded with, "My hip hurts!"
I told her that my trip to Manhattan with my niece and my nephew yesterday gave me diarrhea because the big city is overwhelming for me...and she took it at as an attack. When I asked her WHY she took it as an attack, she told me that she always tries to make everything good for me, but I complain. She also often says that she tries to make everything good for me, but I spoil everything.
My goodness! I didn't complain about anything! Also, I rushed to the bathroom upon returning from Manhattan. What was she missing? Oh, and she later tried to tell me that my trip to the city had nothing to do with the fact that I had diarrhea immediately after returning, but instead that it was that I ate food.... Also, she said that "there weren't that many people in the city."
Then, my nephew wanted to be read a book called The Little Engine that Could. He loves that book. I told my mother that that book gives me a trauma response because it's so similar to the books that I read when I was 10 and acting out age suppression because I just wanted everything to be okay.
To that, my mother started whining and said, "Not EVERYTHING can be trauma for you!", and "We can't do EVERYTHING to please you!" Okay, firstly, I didn't tell her NOT to read that book. Secondly, why wouldn't I want my nephew to be happy?