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[quote=Anonymous]She sounds mentally ill. But she is your family now. So try to muster up what sympathy you can thinking about it from the perspective of her being sick and these all being symptoms of that. I have a BIL with poorly treated bipolar disorder who lashes out at people when in manic spells (including me even though I try very hard to walk on eggshells and remain a neutral presence when he is around). I have learned to detach from the situation and think about my relationship with him very clinically. Of course you should have boundaries. DH stepped in an shut things down once when his brother was going off on me about some perceived insult. But otherwise I would just think of it as a kindness to DH to deal with his mother as much as you can with the knowledge that her annoyances are a manifestation of anxiety (and possibly other issues). [/quote]
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