emotional jealousy
pixysnot asked:

My friend is 13. She and her mom fight all the time. Last year she found out her dad isn’t her biological father, and her mom tries to take her away from him every few months. It’s really stressful on her. She became withdrawn and started cutting herself. A couple times her mom locked her out of the house late at night when they were fighting. My friend’s mom and grandma are always trying to brainwash her into thinking her non-biological dad is a bad person but he’s not. He is a great dad to her, and her mom won’t let her see him. I think it is maybe jealousy because she always turns to her dad when her and her mom are fighting, and it makes her mom mad. They have tried counselors and it doesn’t help. She feels like she can’t communicate with her mom and like her mom doesn’t want her. Her mom called her a mistake and acts like everything is her fault and like nothing she does is ever good enough for her mom. What can she do?
This is in Phoenix, AZ. The parents were unmarried when she was born and the divorce papers say custody is “as agreed” and the dad can’t afford to take her mom to court for custody/visitation rights.


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