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I don't feel emotionally available to my mother. Is that bad?


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My mother currently lives with me and my girlfriend because she's been unable to find work and no one else is able to support. It's not ideal.

 

Anyway, she's often stressed and unhappy and I find that I can not emotionally deal with it. So I distance myself emotionally. To protect myself. I can't tell if this is a bad strategy or not. Her sadness and stress is pretty constant and I don't feel able to offer her much in terms of warmth or anything. Is that bad? Might that make this situation worse?

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In remembering your other posts, you really need mom to move out or decide to be responsible for her for the rest of her life at the expense of your relationship. I wouldn't worry about how emotionally available you are to her. You can better establish a relationship after she moves out. Distancing yourself may be helping you because you might be enabling her otherwise. But you need to act -- not just 'distance yourself" and ignore her in your apartment

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