Hi there,
I’m really not trying to sound mean here, I posted something a few weeks back about the relationship I had with my mum growing up. I am a adult daughter of a mum with mental health issues and I am realising now that there was probably some abuse. It has been very difficult.
I have moved abroad and was hoping this may put some space between us. We are in different time zones.
But she will CONSTANTLY call/message me. She called me this morning (I’d spoken to her for an hour yesterday) and I messaged and said ‘sorry I can’t answer right now, what’s up?’ - she proceeds to message me lots, and then calls me more. This happens all the time and we end up being on the phone for an hour, she’ll be talking about stuff/people I’m not interested in or don’t know.
What can I do? I feel like it’s suffocating me and I have awful anxiety if I see a missed call. She gets offended if I don’t reply to things quick. She has a lot of spare time on her hands so is on her phone a lot.
I don’t want to upset her but it’s too much…