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Old Feb 18, 2013, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Paige008 View Post
I guess what I mean is that my mom's mental illness is severe and debilitating. She tries to take everyone down with her. She doesn't have relationships, she doesn't work, everything is someone else's fault, and she routinely talks about wanting to die and hating the world.

I have my own issues, for sure, but I don't see myself as 'severe'. Am I headed to severe? Maybe, but, for now, I am managing, or I thought I was.

I guess I saw it like my mom is a Level 5 and I am a Level 2. Does that make better sense? I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself well...
I saw my r/s with my mother as a kind of glass ceiling, only much lower. I couldn't do anything she couldn't understand. Like I had to live down, according to her limitations. Instead of up to my potential, my possibilities. So cut the cord.