Hi Bump- I can hear that you’re at your wit’s end. Please reach out to someone who can help if you really get to a bad place. I’m sure a lot of it is just wanting the madness and pain to stop. You have an 8 year old child who needs you and your husband needs you to and any other family members, and friends who love you. You matter to all of them. I have to tell myself the same thing when I get like this because you really start to feel worthless and the never-ending battle just wears you out.
You shouldn’t have to feel like this in your own house.
DebC- I’m sorry to hear your son is being vile and rude. You don’t deserve that treatment in your own home.
I think sometimes we feel like we’re supposed to take anything they dish out because we’re their moms and they’re ill, but that’s just not right. We’re moms. but we’re people too.