I think it is very hard being with anyone that much, what with your home schooling and all? The boundaries get a bit blurred, you're daughter then you're independent young woman; she's friend and confidant, she's mother. Lots of roles, not all of them very distinct.

Conflicts happen and negotiations have to be made in any relationship. If you come in at dawn, your own woman and then turn around expecting your mother to pick up and comfort you on your mentioning suicide attempts, especially when you don't think where and how you are discussing the subject (with friends/other people, out, at IHOP?) you and she end up on different pages it sounds like.

I would try to be more consistent in my own behavior and accept what criticism, comfort or response comes my way. Try hard to keep your own counsel and not retaliate. Just stick with the 5th Commandment as much as possible and your own actions should help smooth things over a lot so your mother quits driving you nuts?