Dear Mary:

Too bad about your college professor. More troubling is your mother’s behavior. What other people tell you, “submitting to all her requests and wishes”, that is the solution when stuck with an abusive person, as in captivity. When you have no power and your very life is dependent on an abusive, aggressive person, when there is no one to  help you, protect you, remove you from captivity.

Do you see your living situation as captivity? How is it affecting your mental health?

anita