My relationship with my mom is very difficult. She has no filter on her mouth. Whenever I call she tells me all kinds of negative and horrific stuff about her immediate family and the people she has to deal with. But there are times I call and we focus on cooking and spirituality. So I keep trying.

Recently she told me about someone who was abusing animals. She went into awful detail about it. I was traumatized hearing all that. I never dump on her. I talk about fun and happy things. The worse I talk about is my health. But never whining or complaining. I felt ill all day after hearing that. So I sent her an email and asked that she not discuss things like that with me. I took it one step further and asked that she not discuss this individual with me at all.

It's been a week now. She won't answer my phone calls. She ignores my texts. She's ghosted me without saying a word. So I guess now I'm scum of the earth. I was just trying to protect myself yet still have a relationship with her. I don't understand.