My mom has always been a bit unstable. A few years back she attempted suicide and it’s been a struggle to keep her happy since then. Everything gets on her nerves. Just recently, my aunt (my mom’s youngest sister) was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and since my mom is the only one that lives somewhat near her it has become her responsibility to deal with my aunt’s problems and symptoms. It has taken a toll on my mom and ever since my aunt had her crisis, all my mother says is “I might go crazy too.”
Now, I just graduated high school and I’m starting university this month. My sister moved out of the country and my dad is away on business trips 80% of the time and since my mother is a stay-at-home mom she spends a lot of her time alone. I fear that once I get my life together she will be left with pretty much nothing else to do and she might get depressed again.
Okay, well now that you know this, let me explain what has been going on lately. I’ve always wanted a cat and I know my mom loves animals, but she always had lame excuses to not have one. Personally, I thought that it would be good to have a cat around so to keep her company and possibly bring some joy to her life so I surprised her and brought a kitten home. She freaked out at first but once she saw the cat she fell in love with it.. HOWEVER, every single day she screams at me saying that she never wanted a cat, that she might be going crazy, that she feels “tied up” and that she didn’t want this for her life. She said she thought that all she had to do was raise me and my sister and once then she was done. I told her I’d put the cat up for adoption and she said she’d be happy to find the cat GONE for good…but then she changes her mind and says she loves the cat too much. Next day it’s the same story and it’s been like this for the past 2 weeks.
What is wrong with her? Should I really get rid of the cat? Sometimes she seems a lot happier than she usually is when she’s playing with the cat and other times she just snaps.
No, the cat is not in danger. Nobody here at home would ever harm him, we all love him very much. But my mom just has these attacks some times…
No, you got it wrong. I got the cat for US. I told my mom I’d take full responsibility and it’s what I’ve been doing. I’m the one who changes the litter box, I feed him, I play with him, I give him medicine and I’ve been taking care of planning things for the cat while we are away on holiday. She is blowing everything out of proportion.
