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Mission-Handle-9033 OP t1_j6l63xy wrote

Reply to comment by raz0rflea in TIFU by introducing my family to death note by Mission-Handle-9033

Thank you, it’s really nice and rare to find someone who can sympathize. It’s a really terrible dynamic when everyone KNOWS the behavior is not normal/acceptable, but you’re all much too tired to really fight them on it anymore. Most people don’t really believe me when I talk about my experiences with her, especially from when I was younger. I’m sorry you had to experience that, but again, I appreciate the empathy, and hope that your situation is either already improved or improves soon.

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Mission-Handle-9033 OP t1_j6k7s8l wrote

Reply to comment by raz0rflea in TIFU by introducing my family to death note by Mission-Handle-9033

It’s kind of always been like this. I do see a therapist, and take antidepressants/anti anxiety meds, which helps a lot. It’s sort of just the way things shake out, when you throw in the fact that my mom’s sick and exhausted herself. I’d moved out, but after she was hospitalized she begged me to come back to help manage everything. It still doesn’t feel fair sometimes though, and I really appreciate the empathetic words 💙

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Mission-Handle-9033 OP t1_j6jze6x wrote

Reply to comment by UzoicTondo in TIFU by introducing my family to death note by Mission-Handle-9033

Unfortunately, she doesn’t listen to our parents at all. I’m 19, and the only person she sometimes listens to, or at least calls when she needs advice for something. I’ve been trying to talk to her about getting therapy, and she’s more or less agreed, but with several stipulations, like it has to be a man, and it has to be in person, that are difficult to work around with insurance. My mom has been struggling with her heart recently, so I moved back home to be the buffer between her and my sister essentially.

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