Hi I'm new. I am 23, female from the UK and my mother is in her 60s.
First off, I am not her carer and she is early on set. (I couldn't find a section that fit)
It is getting increasingly hard for me, I graduated university 2 years ago. I'm writing this as I just found a crumpled piece of card shoved in a cupboard with lottery numbers scrawled all over it - It is my degree certificate for graduating uni...
I live away from home with my boyfriend, but when I come home it is heartbreaking for me. Sometimes I feel so frustrated and angry I want to scream. Everything is unorganized, she puts everything off, if the cat needs the vet check up she will put it off "until next week", which turns into years. She will always have an excuse no matter what, and will refuse to admit she has a problem.
The hardest is when I call her and I'm excited to tell her something, like a promotion at work or something. And usually she will be so engrossed in her TV soaps she will just reply with "oh so-and-so is getting killed off!", then forget what I just told her.
I feel hurt and I feel even worse when I get angry about it because she cant help it. I just dont know how to handle this. How do you cope with it?
First off, I am not her carer and she is early on set. (I couldn't find a section that fit)
It is getting increasingly hard for me, I graduated university 2 years ago. I'm writing this as I just found a crumpled piece of card shoved in a cupboard with lottery numbers scrawled all over it - It is my degree certificate for graduating uni...
I live away from home with my boyfriend, but when I come home it is heartbreaking for me. Sometimes I feel so frustrated and angry I want to scream. Everything is unorganized, she puts everything off, if the cat needs the vet check up she will put it off "until next week", which turns into years. She will always have an excuse no matter what, and will refuse to admit she has a problem.
The hardest is when I call her and I'm excited to tell her something, like a promotion at work or something. And usually she will be so engrossed in her TV soaps she will just reply with "oh so-and-so is getting killed off!", then forget what I just told her.
I feel hurt and I feel even worse when I get angry about it because she cant help it. I just dont know how to handle this. How do you cope with it?
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