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<blockquote data-quote="Lothlorien" data-source="post: 162085" data-attributes="member: 1024"><p>Boy did I have a bit of PTSD reading your post. My biomom is not in the picture, but my Aunt raised me. I call her mom. She is bipolar. She would sleep for days if we had let her.</p><p> </p><p>On any given day, my brother, sister in law, sister, neices or I are on her you-know-what list. You never know what will set her off. She can be the sweetest person one day and the next she is completely contradictory and can be set off very easily. There have been a few times in my life where I've cut off contact with her for months or a couple of years, including just before I got married too. She ended up coming to the wedding, after all. </p><p> </p><p>When my brother got divorced, she finally got the two of them back together, but when they didn't get married "her way" she refused to go to the wedding. </p><p> </p><p>The last time we had a big blow out, she bombarded me with emails that just spewed hate and meaness. I finally called her and let her have it. I told her that if she didn't get herself some help that she would never have contact with me or my family again, because I didn't deserve it and just wouldn't put up with it anymore. I had gotten her at the right time and she did go and get help. She is still suffering with a great deal of depression, but she's better than she was.</p><p> </p><p>My relationship with her is strained, at best. I will never be as open with her the way I used to be, because I never know when she will turn something around and use it to be hurtful. She lives 1,000 miles away, so I don't have to deal with what my brother deals with, since he lives in the same town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lothlorien, post: 162085, member: 1024"] Boy did I have a bit of PTSD reading your post. My biomom is not in the picture, but my Aunt raised me. I call her mom. She is bipolar. She would sleep for days if we had let her. On any given day, my brother, sister in law, sister, neices or I are on her you-know-what list. You never know what will set her off. She can be the sweetest person one day and the next she is completely contradictory and can be set off very easily. There have been a few times in my life where I've cut off contact with her for months or a couple of years, including just before I got married too. She ended up coming to the wedding, after all. When my brother got divorced, she finally got the two of them back together, but when they didn't get married "her way" she refused to go to the wedding. The last time we had a big blow out, she bombarded me with emails that just spewed hate and meaness. I finally called her and let her have it. I told her that if she didn't get herself some help that she would never have contact with me or my family again, because I didn't deserve it and just wouldn't put up with it anymore. I had gotten her at the right time and she did go and get help. She is still suffering with a great deal of depression, but she's better than she was. My relationship with her is strained, at best. I will never be as open with her the way I used to be, because I never know when she will turn something around and use it to be hurtful. She lives 1,000 miles away, so I don't have to deal with what my brother deals with, since he lives in the same town. [/QUOTE]
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