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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
I had a feeling that your mother was living a rather small life Tisha. It sounds like your mother tries to combat this boring life with creating drama and gossiping. The best way to look at this is that your mother is engaging in trying to create things where she has all the power to compensate for her boredom and lack of power to change her situation. Please know that often this is practiced by someone "unknowingly" and I know that sounds strange.
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Perhaps the bottom line here is that when people act in a toxic manner towards you, it's more about them than about you. Yet somehow, you end up feeling responsible for their feelings. In the past, I've felt guilty for upsetting my relative, even knowing she had no reason to be upset (since all I did was decline one of her many requests for favors).