I think she thinks she can say whatever she wants and will keep it up unless you draw a line.

My mom was mentally ill and threatened my life all the time. She was always telling me I would never get to grow up.

You know what? She didn’t talk to everyone like that. She just did it to me because she could get away with it. She could control herself if she wanted to.

It is great you have somewhere to go to get away from the situation.