So, my mom is having cogniive distortion when she's stressed out

[EFerrari]

and she hears me attacking her when I'm not.

Yesterday, I thanked her for calling my brother about something and she heard me asking her to thank me. Today, she went ballistic when I told her we were out of laundry soap, I think she heard me say, "I want you to go get laundry soap right now".

She's been fighting off a foreclosure for the last week and doing a great job but she must be exhausted. And for the last week, she's been going off on me in the strangest ways. I know this happens when there is over the top stress and try not to engage with it. But, it makes dailiness really difficult.

I've asked her to make an appointment with her doctor on Monday and I plan to go in with her. Maybe there's meds that will help what looks like low level paranoia or whatever this is.

She's in the middle of a million dollar deal. (Yikes)

In better, other news, I've signed up to get certification to teach English as a foreign language. Gave up on going back for any other degree because tuition is unbelievably high. But, this course starts in November and it's the very first thing I've looked forward to in a long time. :party:

[mopinko]

1. yikes.

maybe she just needs some anxiety meds or something. DH has the same sort of hearing, tho. really frustrating.
keep us up to date.

and congrats on the class. i am really enjoying my classes, which start again at the end of the week.

[EFerrari]

2. Doug used to get that kind of "hearing" when he was getting stressed out.

It acts like low level paranoia and it's almost invisible to any one who is a little "farther away" than I was as his wife. It was my best clue that we were headed into a decompensation if I didn't find a way to lower the stress level right away.

I'm glad now that I had that experience because it's a little easier to detach enough to try some handling instead of some reacting. lol

Anxiety meds could help. My concern is that I don't know anything about conditions that come with age and maybe this is an indicator for something else. I guess I'll find out. I had her sign a release of information to her doc but also, to the whole clinic some weeks ago.

[mopinko]

3. that's good. you need someone when you are in that

medical industrial complex. i never let anyone i care about go to the hospital alone.
it could be an age related thing. hope you get a handle on it.