Briefly...
Recently diagnosed with hypertension, 200 over 130 and off work at the moment. Diagnosed through a routine eye test.
Family situation is parents divorced.
Mother remarried 20 years ago and my stepfather has dementia now and she finds it very difficult. Drinks a lot, shouts at him as he doesn't know names of things anymore and won't stop eating.
Father has a new partner, and has recently been diagnosed with terminal illness. Mother encouraged I suppose me to think my father was a bad person when she split up so we were estranged until recently. Mother is now not that happy that I am in touch with him and do things for him as she thinks he is a user and out for what he can get.
2 brothers who both have young families and don't have that much time. I don't have my own family so tend to spend a lot of time with my mother doing things to cheer her up.
Recently I've started to get resentful at the way she talks about my father and I have snapped several times. (Wishes he were dead etc)
This has made my brothers angry and they send text messages telling me I am a bad person and need therapy. The thing is they are not the ones who stay often with mother and stepfather and try and help.
I've got to stage where I know bp has to come down and my family just upset me and whatever I do for them I a man labelled as not doing enough.
Sorry for the whingefest, I am thinking of doing mindfulness and having a few months break from them whilst I get back on to an even keel but feel so dreadfully guilty.
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To have a break from family until my bp comes down
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Orangesainsburys · 13/01/2017 10:28
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