• The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.

    If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.

    If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.

    Kristen.NewCreation and FreeinChrist

  • Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
  • We hope the site problems here are now solved, however, if you still have any issues, please start a ticket in Contact Us

Family Issues

Jun 29, 2012
1
0
IL
✟22,611.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Single
Hello, I just want to vent out some problems that I am having. Has anybody else experienced family members talking bad about them? I feel stuck in life.
All I hear is “You [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] ass b#tch” “I’ll kick you out this f#ckin house”. “Stupid B#tch”, Broke B#tch”You loser!....... That’s all I heard this morning from a person I’m suppose to trust. Why does my mother act this way? I’m sorry for using this vulgar language. I rarely curse.
I’m 30 years old and a female. I’m not married and I have no kids. I’m attractive, in shape, and I take good care of my body. I’m drug and alcohol free. I’m very nice, intelligent, good morals, and values. I have a graduate degree, but I am unemployed and desperately seeking work. I live with my mother in a home that I helped pay for, the house is paid for and I spent my life savings to help her get the house this year. I gave her $20,000. I wish that I didn’t give her my hard earned money, but I was trying to help. I’ve helped her whole entire life. I’ve taken care of her child, bought her groceries, clothes, gifts, I’ve done all of her college assignments, research papers, etc. She tells people that I am very irresponsible and that I do nothing. But the fact is that I’m extremely responsible, helpful, and resourceful to her. If I had a job, I probably would pay all of her bills.
I was a good kid and teenager. Never got into trouble. I wasn’t allowed to play outside until I was 15! I had no freedom, and could only talk to kids at the Christian school that I attended. My father is a great person, but he couldn’t take the negativity and arguing, so he left and has been estranged from her for 17 years. She talks bad about my father because he left her, and she tried to poison me against him. But I love my dad, and I returned to him because he’s great and he loves me! My mother hates me for not turning on my dad. He always paid her a large sum of money in child support…He went above and beyond to take care of me and my sister. My mother never had to work, and the bills were paid for until he got sick 2 years ago. She has only worked 2 years in her 54 years on earth. She always is bragging about how she achieved so much in life, and then says that I have nothing….no man, no job, no home…..She tells me that im a loser.
Sometimes my mother is nice and fun and I spent lots of time with her. I get fooled to believing that she is a good person. Then she unpredictably switches off and become cruel mean, and hateful. She tells me that I’m not her daughter, that she can’t stand me, she doesn’t like me….She calls me names and tells me I look like a animal. I’m 119 pounds and she calls me fat. When she is mad she teases me about my dark skin complexion and tells me I’m burnt. Why does she say things like that? I think I’m beautiful. Why would she want to lower myself esteem? Why is she so hostile, I haven’t done anything wrong?
I’ve always tried to be her friend and to care for her. She has never dated after my father and doesn’t have a social life. So I try to support her.
I’ve never done anything to her; I am very respectful and nice to her. So about 2 times a month I spend a few hours crying. I’m balling with tears right now. She hurts me badly when I least expect it. Then she turns around and becomes nice again. I fall for it every time. My dads sick and in hospital……I feels so sad and sick and hopeless.
Sometimes I feel that my mother wants to get into a physical fight with me. Today I can tell that she wants to hit me because she threw sometime at me.
So I just search for jobs all day long, and pray that one day I can move to a peaceful environment that is free of harmful words, negativity, and hate. I know my life will be a better quality and more stable when I’m free of her. One day I hope to be a mother….I will love my kids so much. Lots of hugs and kisses. I will drive them crazy from hugging them.
I’m a Christian, I’ve live my life the right way with good morals, good intentions, integrity. I have a relationship with God, talk to him all day long. What am I missing here? I am extremely strong and resilient. I don’t understand why my life has been filled with so much turmoil. What am i doing wrong?
What kind of advice can you give to me? I feel stuck. I don’t have many friends or family members, so I don’t have anyone to talk to about my life. What’s my problem?