She stopped when I left at 17 to be married. Repressed my abuse too. She is 77 now and has Alzheimers. The emotional abuse never really stopped. She's not all gone in the mind yet, cause the last time they visited she made a statement that the reason I got married was to spite her and had this really ugly look on her face. Before I got her to stop, by finally saying something, she would stare at me with the same kind of look my life partner does. creepy. .But what ya going to do, beat up an old lady.