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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom isn't toxic anymore thanks to meds and a therapist, but she was until I was about 30.  On the outside, she presented as perfect SAHM.  Friend thought she was so amazing and were jealous.  She has a close relationship with my cousins.   Family and family friends would see glimpses of her toxicity, but would brush it off or laugh it off as "anxiety and that's just how she is".

We have a better relationship now (I'm 39) but it still bothers me that she can have a close relationship with my cousins and I could never foster that with her because of how she treated me.   [/quote]

What meds and therapy helped her? Did she have a mental condition they were able to treat?[/quote]

Wellbutrin and Lexapro made the biggest difference.  She has severe anxiety and less severe depression.  Ive always suspected there is more but wouldn't push it.   Her biggest issue has always been the need for control.  She was extremely controlling growing up and if we did something different from what she wanted, she would scream at us and threaten us.  This could be over something as minor as she wanted me to wear a certain dress to dinner and I wanted to wear a different one.

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