Best: "Even when she thinks she's building you up, she's tearing you down." Said by my therapist, about my mother. This affirmed for me that I was not, in fact, simply twisting her words around and choosing to interpret them negatively, like she and other family members told me I was doing. She actually was putting subtle insults in there, and then denying it.

Worst: I can think of a few, all said by my mother, but I'm not sure I should list them. They might trigger somebody.