Lately I have been struggling with my mother. She has been even angrier than usual, and provokes me, trying to get me angry. I have realized that a lot of her anger comes from disliking the fact that I have started my adult life. She gets angry when I am out all day with my boyfriend or friends.

The problem is, it's so hard to be around her, I avoid coming home. This just makes her more angry. I don't want to give up my friends to ease her worries. I am frustrated because I'm at the age where I should be able to do these things and be independent.

I think my mother is scared that I am no longer under her control. She has anxiety, and if things don't go just like she plans, she worries.

I would try to sympathize with her, but I really have very little love for her now. She's a negative person, and I don't love her much.

What should I do? Carry on with my life? Or bend to her needs and stay home more?