Is it normal that my mother sabotages my diet?
I’m a grown woman but have been living with my mom for a couple years while straightening my life out from an addiction relapse. I’ve been sober about 16 months now, but as is typical, I’ve gained a lot of weight with covid just adding to the problem. My mom has never been shy about pointing out my extra weight. As a chubby child I remember many hurtful things she said to me. Growing up, drugs not only helped fill the void left from other bad experiences, it allowed me to get skinny very easily. Now, although she says she is supportive when I told her I was dieting and fasting 2 days a week, my mom intentionally brings home things that she knows I typically crave. She even leaves it out on the counter not in the cabinet! She is dieting too so you’d think she would understand. She has a tendency to gloat about things when she thinks I’m wrong or push my buttons about political events I don’t want to happen. As a child, she seemed like she was very jealous of the time my father spent with me and he and I were very alike. He eventually died from complications surrounding diabetes and I remember how she would continue to feed him terrible things like waffles and sweets even when he was bedridden and a double amputee. Wow, this is sounding more psycho by the minute. Thanks for reading.