My Mother and I - A Recent Issue

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Sanvean17
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So my mother wishes to turn my childhood bedroom into some kind of Home-and-Garden's fantasy. I was immediately outraged, because just last month, I was in respite and whilst I was there, she tore apart my room. Literally - she even tore up my carpet. True, it was filthy. But we had a deal that I had until the end of the month to do it myself or she would help me. She broke her promise with no warning, even though she knows how sick it makes me feel whenever there is any significant enviormental change done to any part of the house - not mention my own bedroom. And I had never given her permission to ever destroy my carpet.

Now, a few months ago, I moved into the guest room because I wanted a place more mature and to make my own, in partial as trying to get my life together since I cannot yet move out of my mother's house. This may seem odd, but it seemed like a reasonable situation, considering that we never have anyone over the house.

While in respite, once I had found out what she had done, I went completely batshit. I was throwing myself into the wall, calling her phone and shouting messages of all sorts, with threats of destruction to her possesions and to her career, calling her a "lying, bleeding cunt."

I was also offended and deeply hurt that, on top of the rest, she immediately threatened to call the police on me when she told me. She threatened to have me "locked up" in an mental institution if I misbehaved when I got home.

My mother is the only person I felt I could trust. And she had violated that trust. I felt that she had taken advantage of me being in respite to perfect her household. She had chosen a house over my well-being, after I had downed Klonopin with alcohol.

So today, when she told me - not inquired - but TOLD me of her plans to start completely destroying my childhood room, I had a full-blown tantrum. I told her she was being cruel, insensitive, and unfair. For I have no say in what she does. And she knows how doing this will make me feel.

This time, I grabbed her arm and dug my nails into her. And then I kicked her ankle. And then, I spit on her.

I'll admit I have a temper, but I have never gone so far. She left the hosue and it's been hours. I am deeply hurt. I am disgusted in both she and myself.

 

Sarah - Age 20 - Clinically Diagnosed @ Age 17 - Asperger's Syndrome

Sharon
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It sounds like this situation went way too far, and I'm sorry to hear about all this.  

Are you able to communicate with your mother via a therapeutic facilitator?  It appears to warrant some kind of professional intervention, especially since physical contact was made while angry.

I have a good friend who experienced a very similar outburst with her mother and sister - it took all of them attending family therapy intervention before they could begin to heal. 

newnoz
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I have no idea of what to say about the original post

As it happened I was wondering why there is no forum topic for meltdowns prior to reading this.  There are a fair number of us who have them. 

I think it would be wonderful to have a place to say I had one and it was awful. Or to say i almost had one but i was able to see it coming and avoided it. Or I had a realization that I was hurting someone and it hurt me know know that and i stopped doing that to hurt other people.

I don't want to hurt people but I do get angry at them.  I have done a ton of work on handling anger.  Now i refuse to swear at other people. I see it as mean spirited and designed to make them feel like less of a person.  i  am fair from perfect and i do still blow it.  I also learned to apologize even if i feel it wasn't my fault since i still am sorry there was a upset.

I try not to antagonize people when they annoy me. It hard in the beginning but it gets better.  I have burned a lot of bridges Some i don't feel too badly about but others i would rather have not burned quite so well.

Just my thoughts tonight.  Remind me of this when i start raving about someone who did me wrong but not too soon after <smile>

Nora

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I'm sorry to hear how upset your mother made you. I understand the whole meltdown thing, because I have alot of meltdowns. When I have them I don't get aggressive physically towards people because my family would have me arrested, but I yell, scream and sometimes spank my dog. I dont like dogs, yet I have no choice but to share my bedroom with one, because our puppy and her don't get along. My parents don't understand that many of my meltdowns are caused by my dog stressing me out. My dogs barking (i have 3), causes me to have meltdowns. One time I had a meltdown so bad a few months ago that I shattered all my Precious Moments stuff I had and threw them out including what they were sitting on. My parents never knew I did that. I have meltdowns just when my parents ask me to do stuff when I I don't want to. I don't feel well half the time but I have to ignore it because no one believes me, so I don't tell my patents when I'm not feeling well. When I get upset, I will lay in bed and cuddle with my Droid X which calms me down. I even talk to X like she's another person.

Droidlynn & X