Is it normal that i feel noone will respect me because my mom doesn't do it?

My mom always has treated me like I was dumb. She talks to me as if I wasn't worthy of respect, at all; she's aggresive with her words, she doesn't use the words 'please' or 'thank you' with me. She yells to me a lot, she doesn't understand if there are more people, she still talks to me as if I were a stupid; she says very innapropiate things, she contradicts a lot what I say using a very sarcastic tone of voice, letting know everyone what I'm saying is just nonsense. When she doesn't like something I say, she tells me to get out of the place. Now she doesn't yell, some years ago, she used to say: get the hell out of here and lock yourself in your room! Now she just say my name in a very serious tone and then 'get out'.

When she does that kind of things, the people who is there starts laughing, I feel so disrespected. At this point, I just try not to say anything, everytime she tells me to get out, I just do it, I'm too sensitive and I don't want to stay there becuase I feel I am being annoying and humiliated at the same time.

Everytime I've tried to talk to her she treats me as if I were being a hypocrite, like I also am like that, I also yell, I'm also very grumpy, angry, so I don't have the right to demand respect and I have to accept the way she treats me. When I try to tell her that I felt bad because of something, she never thinks I may be right, she just says: "and when you talked to me like that? You already forgot it!?". I know, I'm not an angel, and I was not the quiest person in the past and I am not now, but I am trying to have a good/respectful relatiipnship with her, but it's too tiring, it's a 24/7 challenge.

It makes me very insecure, I've been with friends at home, and she acts that way, she contradicts me, she makes fun of what I say, and when I ask her to be nicer, she starts yelling at me and complaining about how I was in the past and how I am now. I try to be respectful with her, and especially when there is more people in the house because I want to give a good impression, that's all, but she just doesn't get it. I hate that she contradicts me in that sarcastic way and I hate she never thinks she could get better.

I'm not trying to say I'm the victim, I know I'm not an angel, like I said, but I've tried, I've been more flexible, I've been more respectful, but it doesn't work, and it's tiring. And what it worries me the most is, my mom has made fun of me everytime she has could, and I don't want everyone to do that. I remember times when I've said something, she starts laughing and saying unnecesary things and making me look stupid, like is that difficult not to be so inappropriate?

And I'm not trying to pretend I'm someone I am not, I just want her to respect me, I don't feel like I can be with my friends or bosses with my mom because I know will say something like that totally on purpose, (sometimes is on purpose, sometimes she incredible doesn't realizing what she's doing or she thinks it's not wrong, even if she knows I wouldn't talk about any specific think, she just don't care).

I don't want everyone do the same, and I want people respect me, but it's hard if there's something contradicting everything and not respecting your way of doing things. I'm not a child, I'm 25 now and I may be very inmature, but I don't know what else to do.

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  • I had the EXACT same problem, my mother and her mother are both full time narcs. It gets you down because everyone wants their mothers approval, but from what I'm hearing I'd say give it up as people like that don't ever change. She most likely feeds on doing it to you, if you stop caring she'll back off a bit. Narcs need supply, so just relax and remember she's full of it. Otherwise you'll end up going nuts, "Kemper" style lol. She's just a bully.

    Don't give her anything to "swing at" so to speak.

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  • princessmaddy

    Your mom is abusing you. You are 25, an adult. If you were younger this would be much more serious, but you are old enough to handle it yourself and move out. Most of the people you meet will respect you and not abuse you like your mother does.

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  • ProseAthlete

    Your feelings are normal; your mom's behavior isn't. It's no wonder you feel that others won't respect you when you don't come from a background of respect and support. I'm sorry she denigrates you this way, especially in front of other people.

    I agree with the other posters; it sounds like it's time to get out of the house. Surround yourself with people who think well of you and treat you kindly. Your self-respect is more important than any amount of respect you get from others, and I guarantee you'll have more of it if you move out and build a life for yourself.

    Good luck, and I'm sorry she's behaving this way.

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  • find some calming techniques to use in her presence , do not resort to yelling stay calm and respectful, if she says "get out" go with a quiet smile. everyone will know you as the nice one and her as the bully. if all else fails - earplugs

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  • Short4Words

    I don't know you or why your Mom doesn't respect you. But maybe you could really nail in once more with feeling that she may still have a problem with who you were in the past, and won't accept the person you want to be now. Explain to her that you are trying to change and reminding you what you've done may only hurt who you want to become. She has to accept that you might be changing and basically most of all, ask for her support in becoming this person that you want to be. Short of that I don't know what else I can tell you.

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  • dirtybirdy

    You're 25. Get out of there.

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  • Maybe you should find employment and a place of your own to live,even if it's only in a rooming house.Sooner or later,you know you'll be expected to get the fuck out on your own.You don't need any kind of relationship with anyone who treats you like shit,soforget about trying to make amends with her,and start planning going about your own life.You're 25 now.

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