My mom and I are super close I’ve never kept close friends, especially since having kids at 20 so my mom and godmom (her sister) are my 2 closest friends.

Lately mom has been more depressed and it’s causing rifts in a lot of her relationships (like my dad, my brother, her siblings) which I get it! I know what it’s like and I do my absolute best to be supportive.

Lately I have been dealing with a lot of mentally heavy stuff too (17 weeks pregnant with a homeschooled 11yo with BAD anxiety, a 3 year old and a 10 month old, among other stuff) and I support mom undoubtably.. always a listening ear and a voice of encouragement and lending a hand (which means I have to drag all the kids along too because SO works all day)

but when I want to vent or ask for her help she doesn’t even give me the time of day... if I ask her to come by for a bit to see the kids so I can shower or get some laundry done (which mind you is a 7 minute drive) I get the run around or suddenly she’s busy.

And when I tell her “hey you need to get out of your head” maybe try this as a way to get out of your rut she says I’m attacking her and doesn’t talk to me for 2/3 days!

I’m mentally drained from this one sided relationship and all my own stuff going on but how do I tell my depressed mother that I can’t talk to her anymore? I feel like such a bad daughter especially since I’m one of the only people left being supportive.