Augh, my mother just ate an hour and a half of my life dealing with her angst over the uncle, aka, her brother.
Augh, my mother just ate an hour and a half of my life dealing with her angst over the uncle, aka, her brother. Why won't she just go talk to a professional counselor? Why?! She reportedly told my dad last week that she doesn't need to because she can talk to him. o.O Uh, oookaaay. headdesk headdesk headdesk
Y'know, I'm not exactly the poster child for asking for help when I need it (the sound you hear now is my husband falling out of his chair in hysterical laughter), but I do know that "counselor" and "friend or family member" are not interchangeable, even though talking to both can be helpful in different ways.
ReplyDelete(...of course, I learned this at an early age when my mother got her degree in counseling and shortly thereafter disabused me of the notion that now I would never have to talk to a stranger if I needed counseling)
ReplyDelete"Mom, Dad and I are to close to the situation to have an objective perspective."
ReplyDelete[Yes, I know that she won't listen to logic]
Hey, any suggestions help. We're running out of deflections!
ReplyDeleteCan't you break out the old "Damn it mom, I'm doctor, not a doctor!" Or you know, remind her that while it may not be your specialty, you did go to med school, you have had some training, and she really needs to see a professional?
ReplyDeleteHave tried that multiple times. Responses vary, none lead to getting counseling. At this point, I think we only say anything sometimes because we're so burnt. She's more than happy to have tried to push my dad to get counseling because, hey, dealing with illness, but I almost think now that she wants him to go because it addresses something she needs. My head hurts.
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