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Gozaru
April 21st, 2016, 09:22 PM
So yesterday my mom came into my room to use my computer and I was taking a nap and she saw my tv was on. And then she started screaming at me on how I'll always leave it on even though I've told her before that there is an auto shut off on the tv. She can't remember something I've told her at least a month ago but she can remember something from fracking 3 years ago. (Yet she'll say how she's getting old and stuff [43] and she starts yelling at me when I keep pushing on her how she can't remember something because she has a bunch of stuff from work to remember) So then she's like turn it off it's wasting power, but when she's done with my computer she leaves it on(it's a desktop so it's plugged in to an outlet). And she left my door open when she left. So I went outside to close my door and I told her to close it because she never does. Then she asks why I'm cranky. Hmmm. Why am I cranky? You just woke me from my nap and you're being a hypocrite. And then I tell her something like that she told me not to waste power but she's able to turn off my tv but not my computer.

She starts yelling at me saying "I WONT BUY YOU ANYTHING, TAKE YOU ANYWHERE, blah blah blah!!!" You get it. I don't mean to offend anyone, but is my mom bipolar.

I will just say the littlest thing as a joke and then she'll take it so seriously even though she sees me smiling as though it were a joke since it is and start yelling at me and sh*t and threatens to keep me at my dad's (parents divorced).

She's on her computer all day for work at the office but she doesn't know the phrase "log off" which means that the computer turns off. "Off" is in the fracking phrase.

Also she always says that if I wasn't there, she wouldn't know how to blah and blah. She's fricking dumb.

Also she tells me not to embarrass her in front of other people yet she embarrasses me and she embarrassed my uncle in public.

She can also never admit that she's wrong. Just because you're the parent doesn't mean you're always right. I want to tricking punch her sometimes for being a dumbass hypocrite who can't admit she's wrong. Also if I keep telling her she's wrong, she'll threaten me. What kind of parent does that?

Microcosm
April 23rd, 2016, 06:34 PM
Gozaru,

Okay, so first, I think you should seriously consider developing some respect for your mom. Calling your mom a "dumbass hypocrite" is a big overreaction just for her saying she's right about something. I'm not trying to be an asshole, but you've gotta have some respect for her. She did give birth to you after all.

Did you ever consider that maybe your mom just needs more support? What she does can be annoying, but you still have to consider some things from her perspective. What if she's just super stressed out? Being a divorced mom can be pretty tough sometimes. I don't know the specifics of your situation, but I think the best thing you can do right now is to calm down and think about the situation logically. Don't get so angry at her all the time about all these little things. Instead, think about why she did those things and if there's even a chance that she's right about some things. My point is that you should have at least enough respect for her as another human being to consider the situation without so much unnecessary anger and conflict.

If all this doesn't work, and she's still just objectively an unnecessarily angry person and what she's doing to you is always and certainly the wrong thing, then you have a case to be mad at her. In that case, the best thing to do is try to avoid making her mad to reduce conflict. If you like your dad, you could consider living with him? I don't know what the situation is there, though.

It sort of seems to me like your viewing this situation very angrily right now. So, just think about these things I've outlined in this post once you simmer down.

Hope I helped. Didn't mean to sound like an ass hole; just giving my two cents in hopes that it might help provoke some further thought and consideration. Best of luck to you.