My Mother and Me
Aren't Doing Good!

by Samantha
(Canada)

My Mother is bi-polar and so she sometimes will get terrifyingly mad at me for no reason. I live with her and my Dad lives a seven hour plane ride away.

I really want to move to my Dad's and we're in the process of moving, but tomorrow is my birthday and I'm having a party.

My Mom is very anti social and add that to the mood swings she can do very bad things like lock us all outside at midnight or not give us food. I'm scared for myself and my friends and so I decided to call my Dad and explain how I felt. While I was talking my Mom picked up the other phone and listened in to what we were saying without our knowledge!

She then screamed in the phone telling my Dad I was lying and being overdramatic and that I wasn't a good child and had a horrible attitude.

I know I'm angry with my Mom and don't treat her with the respect she thinks she deserves . . .
After the times she's deserted me and has been mean to me I just can't take it!
I find yelling back or showing her what she's doing wrong helps more than crying my eyes out in front of her.

I don't know what to do.