u/SeesawSubstantial704

I’ve written on this subreddit before about my mom throwing out the pills I use to treat my bipolar disorder, but guys she’s truly outdone herself this time. My mom stole 6.3k from me :).

I (20F) live in a city that requires a car to get anywhere. In early May, I got into a car accident and my car was totaled. Since then, I’ve been working 3 jobs and using Uber to get around as well as walking an hour to get to my jobs. I bought the car by myself in January and paid for insurance by myself. The only way that my mom was involved was by signing the title (the dealer required her to sign it for whatever reason) but other than that the car was ENTIRELY mine. I would pay for gas, maintenance, insurance, everything by myself. When the car was totaled, I did the entire insurance process by myself too. Finally the check came but since the title was under her name, the check was addressed to her. And she took the entire thing, all SIX THOUSAND and THREE HUNDRED of it.

Mind you, I’ve been struggling with rent, struggling to pay for psychiatry and therapy appointments, and can barely afford the medication that she threw out. My feet have blisters from walking to work and I never have time to even talk to my friends and siblings because I am too busy. People are noticing that I’ve lost weight because I can’t even afford to eat or buy groceries. I eat the snacks that are served at work and that’s it. The only thing that was giving me hope was getting a new car & she took it all. Honestly this news has made me so depressed that I don’t even know what to do. I cried to her on the phone begging her to at least give me something and she said no. Her justification? “I brought you into this world so you owe me.” Is this the final straw, should I cut her off?

Title basically! I opened up to my mom a few months about having bipolar disorder and having to take medication for it. At first she ignored it and basically insisted that I didnt actually have it. Then suddenly she starts saying that her friends daughter also has bipolar (she doesnt actually, she just had anger issues as a child and has since moved on from those issues) and that she was fixed through prayer and that I don’t need medication anymore. My brother (who is literally her lap dog but that’s a discussion for another day) literally starts chiming in & saying that I’m a liar & that I just want to get prescribed Xanax for my addiction. For starters, I do not have an addiction nor have I ever taken Xanax like hello?? 😭😭Second, I honestly just ignored her because she just loves to bring up religion for every single situation and I don’t like arguing with her.

But recently she went too far… she literally threw away my medication. The medication that makes sure that I don’t harm myself or others. Obviously I crashed out on her and she just blamed it on the medication making me act that way towards her. YES ITS 100% THE MEDICINE AND NOT THE FACT THAT YOU THREW AWAY THE MEDICINE THAT COSTS MONEY AND MAKES SURE I DONT END UP DEAD OR IN JAIL…. This is literally the reason why I don’t visit home & there’s a 90% Im not going back.