I was emotionally abused for all of my childhood. My mom projected everything that was wrong in her life onto me, I don't know why. She always saw me as a problem because of that, and made sure I knew that I was a problem. It started out relatively subtle when I was little, with repeated threats to put me in a home/institution, things like that. She always tried to label me with various disorders, and made me go to this group therapy thing for kids with ADHD, even though I don't have ADHD. Later she tried to make me believe I had autism, which I don't have either. Eventually it grew into outright hatred, and during the last years that I lived with my parents I was called a parasite every day and blamed for costing money (food, a roof over my head, and so on). My mom also threatened to kill herself on several occasions and implied that this was my and my siblings' fault. She was a very unstable person. She made it very clear that I wasn't welcome, and I left as soon as I could. FWIW my mom's issues were not due to bipolar disorder. I get that from my dad's side of the family. The bizarre thing is that after I left the house, I managed to get my life together pretty well, and then my mom started trying to claim responsibility for my success and deny that she ever did any of the bad things. Now she expects me to take emotional care of her and blames me for being distant and not wanting a close relationship.