My mother doesn't understand that she's emotionally abusive to me. I try to explain to her that what she says to me when she's unhappy makes me unhappy, as well, but she tells me that I'm only twenty and she's done her best for me and I have no right to be sad.
She harasses me about simple things like mistakes doing chores and becomes absolutely livid when I'm sick, because she's always sick and I should just learn how to suck it up and deal with being sick.
I know I need to get away from her before I kill myself, but I don't have the money to go anywhere, on my own. I work a part-time job and could possibly live in a one-bedroom apartment, or with roommates on that money, but I live in South Mississippi and there's nowhere to go now that so many people have moved into my town after Hurricane Katrina.
I can't make her understand that she's making me hate myself, and I have to admit that sometimes she's a really nice person, but it can't be normal to want to die at least three weeks out of every month.
Someone please give me advice on how to deal with my mother or move out. I feel like I may have something good to give to the world if I can get myself back into college and away from my mom. I was a good student in high school and a happy child.
