I'm having a problem and would like to hear what other people think, any advice, or anything you want to share. I'm just feeling icky acky yucky... and want to talk or vent.

I don't understand why, but when I speak with my mother, she says weird things. My reaction may be even weirder but I'll let you decide.

Weird thing #1: Today I was trying to have a discussion with her and she kept interrupting me and trying to finish my sentences. For example, I would say something like, "I think James should..." Then SHE would interrupt and say, "stop driving his car." Me, "No, that's not what I was about to say. What I was about to say was that he should do his laundry." This just kept happening over and over. Her pace is also unusual. When she does this, she speaks faster than usual like she's trying to fit it in. (No one else does this with me. I've run this by my friends and they can't see why she does it. I'm not long winded. I speak at a normal pace. I like concise communication - at least when I'm not venting.)

Weird thing #2: I told her that my neighbors had just landscaped their yard by planting 2 (normal) trees and a hedge. Her response, "That's so pretty!" She just uses the wrong words and knows better. Her wrong words are usually slightly sexual but I cannot think of any good examples of that right now, EXCEPT (just thought of this) using the word, "foxy" instead of happy in describing the behavior of a small child (yuck yuck yuck!!). She's a native white American English speaker in her 50's so I don't think this is related to age or culture. Her tone of voice is also weird and often times doesn't match anyone else's tone in a conversation.

Weird thing #3: Whenever the slightest medical issue happens with someone in the family, she exaggerates and makes it sound scary and awful, even if it's minor. (Possibly related: When I was younger she would frequently remind me that some day she would die. And this would happen out of no where. It was just something she liked to discuss with us when we were only kids.)

Then when we are finished talking, I tend to feel grossed out, sick to my stomach, disturbed, sad, my heart races (slight panic maybe), and I get a headache. I used to feel out of sorts after speaking with her and get brain fog despite being a young adult. That set of symptoms would ONLY happened after speaking with her. I went to a counselor about this and the feedback I got was that I was traumatized.

I'm bringing this up here because I want to vent or talk about it. I'm feeling lousy and it will probably make me feel better to hear what other people have to say. Does this sound familiar to you? Have you any idea what's going on (beyond what I've said)? Speculation is fine with me. I'm curious about this and probably won't be offended so feel free to say whatever is on your mind.