I love my mom, and I can easily say that she’s my best friend. She’s so chill about a lot of things, and we can talk about most subjects without it being weird.
But sometimes, I don’t know if I’m just being too sensitive or if she’s actually being “emotionally abusive.”
She doesn’t even need to say anything: I can just tell when something is wrong. She starts acting weird (cold) and stops talking to you. Most of the time, we argue (I mean she says whatever she wants, and I either stay quiet or try to explain myself briefly since she doesn’t listen anyway) because she acts like everything is obvious, and I’m just dumb for asking questions or doing something I genuinely think is right.
Sometimes, my sister and I know that even if we feel a certain way, we can’t express it because our mom will take it badly and might stop talking to us because of it, even though she keeps telling us that we can trust her and talk to her about everything.
I don’t know… At first, I felt really bad about all of this, but now I just try to move on when I feel hurt. Still, I don’t like it when she’s mad at me. I hate not talking to her. But it doesn’t feel right to silence my feelings just because I know she won’t take them well.