*HUG* Mindy- your mother is sick.. this sounds like a classic form of a mental illness... I am sorry to say that but it does.. I am impressed that you are in as good shape as you are for having dealt with her... but if its that bad you may find it easier to follow in Bev's footsteps and walk away.. She needs help and not the type you or your sister can give her, but real professional help, and it sounds like your father is enabling her to continue living this way.
*HUG* Mom has some issues but in comparison they are much more minor... She has Crohns and tries to make me live the way she does. she thinks low carb is healthier (she has some issues with wheat setting her off, so finds low carb easy to avoid it). She also insists that low lactose should be fine, not no dairy... so I fianlly told her I was allergic to dairy- then she freaked out when I touched a bowl that had dairy in it!
Good luck! personally I find holidays much calmer when we don't spend them with my family and the insanity of mom screaming if things aren't exactly her way... so we do holidays with our friends and his family (who doesn't do them on the holidays themselves anyway)
-------------------- Dietetics Student (anticipating RD exam in Aug 2010)
IBS - A
Dairy Allergic
Fructose and MSG intollerant
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