I've always been the one who has taken care of everyone else. And now I feel like I am going to be stuck with that job forever. When my parents get sick my siblings automatically call me and expect me to take over their care. I am in my early twenties and just want to be able to start my life. I have a college degree, but I have no job. This is because I can't get a job if everytime I have a prospect someone has to have my help. My best friend says I'm being taken advantage of, but how do you walk away and leave your parents to fend for themselves.

My mom has been sick for a while, but now she is acting a lot different. She has always been nice and extremely religious, but now she is cussing and just generally being mean. She has started to refer to me as the daughter who does nothing. And she makes me feel like I am less than my sister. Although my sister rarely helps. My best friends mom set me down yesterday and told me I should talk to her doctor because she thinks my mom may have some form of dementia. Outsiders are noticing this, but not my own siblings. With my depression already making me feel sad and guilty, I am having a lot of trouble with the way my mom is treating me. If I have a panic attack (which I have had for years) she says it's because I don't love her. This is not like my mom at all. And right now, I'm not sure how to deal with this.