This is a revelation I've known for quite some time now, but it hits me like a ton of bricks every time my mother does something I can't understand or refuses to speak to me for reasons unknown. For the past 2 years, I've worked full time while continue my therapy & figuring out what I wanted to do career-wise. I took the LSAT last year & gained acceptance into law school on a scholarship. Most of the individuals in my family, including my mother, are toxic so I was very strategic with how I told my family members. My therapist is award of my family dynamic & understood/supported my decision to tell them when I felt the time was best. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that I live with my mother, I would not have told her. She has the tendency to try and sabotage me when things are going well for me. She also puts me down when I've accomplished a goal of any kind.

Anyway, I told my mother & she seemed happy for me at the time. Fast forward a couple months later, I'm leaving in a few days for law school & she has not been speaking to me for 2 weeks now! Her demeanor towards me is usually hostile, but we're usually on speaking terms at the very least. I leave on Friday & im not even sure she's coming to my new place to see me off & it hurts so bad. I think back to times when I was a teen & I was acting out. My grades were suffering tremendously & I just didn't care about anything but hanging out with my friends. She used to say "why can't you be like you used to?" & now, I've come so far & have accomplished something amazing despite all the obstacles I've come across & she STILL isn't satisfied? I guess this goes to show that you can't live your life for anyone but yourself. I'm happy for me but I'd be lying if I said it doesn't hurt that her actions are so bizarre & malicious.

Can anyone relate to my experience?
Any thoughts?