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I got angry with my mom recording me because I didn't like to be recorded and I was having a bad day and she shoves her phone in my face to a point I completely raged at her and tried knocking off her phone so she could stop.
I was angry because I was uncomfortable with being recorded out of the blue.
It sounds like she was recording your bad behavior and you proved her point. Don’t hang out with your mom. 🤷🏾♀️
UPDATE: After this happened I talked it out with my mom after my dad got involved and I apologized to her for lashing out the way I did on her.
It was best for me to apologize and move on and not repeat this again.
You say you were "having a bad day", which is a term people (particularly teens) often use to excuse their bad behaviour. So I may be leaping to conclusions, but I suspect that what was actually going on was that you were throwing a temper-tantrum like an overgrown three-year-old.
If you were ranting and raving over precisely diddly-squat, I can understand your mother thinking that you needed to see how you were behaving once you'd calmed down and were in a rational state of mind (assuming you ever are). I've often thought that a good way of at least partly solving the problem of youthful excessive drinking would be to video young people when they're drunk just so they can see when they're sober how alcohol turns them into loud, deranged, belligerent assholes. The same applies to teens who allow themselves to get all worked up over something that really doesn't matter at all.
If what I suspect about the situation leading up to her recording you is correct, I also suspect that what really pissed you off is that you knew damn well that you were behaving in an unreasonable way, and the still more or less rational part of your mind knew you didn't want anyone other than your mother to ever see you acting that way. You may believe that she has to tolerate you behaving like a dickhead because she's your mother; if you ever grow the fuck up, you'll eventually realise this just isn't true.
Which state do you live in? Based on your state laws, she could be doing something illegal. Almost everwhere, you have to get permission from those you are recording.
If she does it without your permission, she cannot use it in any official way, i.e. criminal or civil court.
Tell her to stop and if she doesn't, send her a cease and deist letter.
Ask her that unless there's something specifically going on (major event, etc.) to not record you without your permission.
That she needs to respect your privacy.