What is wrong with my mother? Please help!

What's wrong with my mom? I'm trying to get to the bottom of it. Label it kind of so I exactly understand.


She was diagnosed by one psychiatrist with OCD (I haven't ever been). She has switched and swapped psychiatrists many times before.


She over-reacts to small things. Cutting people off over small things. Manifests over small things. If someone didn't thank her for something one time, it must mean it was on purpose to her, and she wants to cut them off. I've seen rages before, nasty ones, but no one else has, apart from her mother. She has fallen out with the entire family, bullies my dad (as I call it), he sticks up for all of her 'delusional' thoughts, and she gets him to defend in every case.


Very suspicious, lacks what I would say is empathy (doesn't think twice about cutting someone off over something so small). Hard to get on with, do something not to her liking or something wrong, and it could end the relationship.


"I'll never forgive them for what they have done to me"

"There behaviors is unacceptable"


Goes on and on will never let past issues drop. Cannot forgive easily.


When growing up I witnessed a variety of rages. She always said that she'd send me to boarding school as a threat if I did something wrong (what she classed as wrong).


The real problem as well is that I've believed this attitude to be true, and it's left me with many issues with confidence. Learning to cut people off over small things as the right thing to do or meet issues with rage and aggression.


I remember growing up she smashed a gaming console down the stairs that my dad brought back for me because she didn't like the size of it. Trying to crash the car when I was in the back over a row with my dad, trying to grab the steering wheel and bring it to on-coming traffic.


So, I don't personally believe this is all 'OCD'. Can you tell me what this is please? It's driving me crazy, and I'm not sure how to react when she's saying she's angry at someone because they said "this or that". It's a joke. Once upon a time I believed, however, it's happened so many times that I know everyone else ISN'T the problem, but she HAS the PROBLEM.

It sounds tho like it is more than OCD. Perhaps that is in fact the source and her secondary problems are her way of coping with it. It is not for us to make a diagnosis though.

You need to take care of yourself though and come up with a strategy of how to react. If you see your own therapist perhaps you and they can set up an 'if-then' coping mechanism. If not, talk to your own doctor. The situation for you is unsafe. Is there a mobile crisis or support number you can call?

Sorry we cant diagnose each other or each others family and friends. for that your mother will need to contact her own treatment providers.

what we do here is like the same things as if you got together with your best friend over a cup of coffee. we talk (post) about our own problems and what our own treatment providers are like and have us doing for our own problems, some play games (games forum) give hugs and thanks (buttons on each post)

but make diagnose \label each others problems and their family and friends problems we do not do.

my suggestion is leave the labeling\diagnosing up to your moms treatment providers and just be your moms family member.