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She's extremely insecure and that is her way of exerting control, OP.

My mother's anxiety and insecurity often spin out of control and she becomes hyper-controlling and downright nasty (called my husband a jerk and said that I had made a terrible mistake marrying him).

There is nothing to do except limit contact. Visit less often, talk on the phone less often, keep those visits and calls short and sweet. In practice, that is the only thing you can do. No use trying to talk her out of it. She can't. It's a mental illness.

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I actually moved away to limit contact. And that has helped but unfortunately it has created more substantial visits. Which I thought would be better but that have not been. We come and stay with her for a few days now so she gets quality time with the kids. I thought that containing it to a couple visits like that a year would make things easier. And maybe it has but it also condenses the stress into a short period.

I know you are right, I just need to get through the next few days and then I am free for months. [/quote]

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