Hi Rohag

My mother has been like this since the beginning to be honest. It has it's peaks and troughs, sometimes she can go quite a long period without flipping out but she just can't seem to get her anger out in a constructive/healthy manner; it always seems to come out in these crazy tantrums. She has always been really critical and pessimistic however.

Thanks for your support everyone.

I would like to encourage her to go see someone. I don't think she's ever been quite right and when she divorced my dad when I was 6 I think she took a turn for the worse. I get concerned how she has few friends and has never even come close to having a new man in her life since then.

I would LOVE to move out, our relationship was much better when I was at Uni. But no job, no money and no one to move in with so can't . I just want her to understand I am in my early 20s now and can't just be screeched at like I am a little kid.