She hasn't suggested I work on anything else. All she's said is that I stop talking about my family and talk about other things, but I don't have any other things to talk about. I mentioned feeling stressed that my brother was back, but she didn't want me talking about my family, so I guess she couldn't help me. She lashed out at me saying she won't tolerate me being manipulative and playing games, that she's been doing t for years and knows how that works. I wasn't playing games with her. I was being sincere. If she doesn't want me talking about my family anymore, why keep talking to her?

And if she's never going to praise me for doing anything good, where's my motivation to try if all she's going to do is constantly harp on what I'm doing wrong. I have my parents for that abuse.