- locked - I am leaving tomorrow to come pet sit for my sister. God willing nothing happens to prevent or complicate this. My mother is nuts and I am seriously thinking about digging out my old ipod so I can covertly record her (not sure how long the memo function runs, but it should work for this). Not to confront her, because that ship won't dock. As a form of protection and insurance in case, Eru forbid, she really crosses that last nanometer. She refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem. Well, that she has a problem. Therefore, will not seek help. When directly confronted with her harm by the harmed, she deflects, defers, and defends herself. I presume she is fearful or anxious, but she has pushed everyone into survival mode and still won't accept her role. She exploded over essentially nothing Tuesday and did it where I could witness, although I suspect part of her loss of self control meant she literally lost all awareness of my presence. My dad left overnight for ...