My mom has been really depressed and angry lately. She won't get any help and I can't even say anything to her without her blowing up.
She was never like this. But my grandmother (her mom) turned into this as she got older and my mom would always be like "if I ever get like that, make sure I get help!" Well now that she is getting like that she just blames me for being mean.
It sucks because I have was diagnosed with manic depression when I was a teenager and still struggle with it. Seeing someone who was always there for me dismiss my episodes as "being part of the real world and you should just suck it up and be bitter like the rest of us instead of taking all those pills" is painful.
We have always been really really close. I know there is more to the story, including my 18 year old brother who has been... difficult. BUT, I am at the end of my rope. Her birthday is on Friday and she basically told me I have disappointed her so much lately she thinks she is just going to go away on her own even though I have had plans to drive up there and visit for the weekend.
Oh, and the disappointments have been that I have been really busy on weekends with my work and a friends upcoming wedding and my mom now works full time during the week which she never did. So the two hour drive to visit hasn't been as often.