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[quote=Anonymous]I had to distance myself from a mentally ill mother who for a long time refused help and then would get therapy, go on meds, be much better and decide she was cured and stop it all and cycle back. Her abusive behavior did a lot of damage. I was getting therapy trying to figure out how to have a relationship with her and not allow her to rage. My kids were pretty traumatized as her behavior got worse and my husband found her impossible to be around. She would stop speaking to me for many months every time I set boundaries.

Now we have a distant, but cordial relationship. She cycles back to reaching out, I am polite, but have on my emotional armor. Inevitably she rages at me at some point, I set boundaries, and she stops talking to me again.

I am told she tells people I cut her off. I can't control what she says. All I can do is protect myself and my family. I am told by a sibling that it is not dementia, but that same sibling has her funding a lot so there's that.
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