My family has the inclination to wrap me in cotton wool after big episodes, to protect me from future harm. This is why I went travelling by myself overseas, after I was strong enough after my last breakdown...to get my autonomy & confidence back...I was fine, it was hard, but I coped.

My mother is in her 80's I'm 46.. she will always treat me like a child. I'm the youngest girl of 10 children..that makes me #9 in the lot. Yes the elder sibs will eternally treat me in such a way that my intelligence at college level isn't considered. o_O

They used to not tell me stuff in order to, I thought, preserve my feelings, but I am realizing actually that they did not want to be Objects Of My Wrath. I think you're always your Mama's baby. It's worse if you're sick in some way.

I like the way strangers treat me best, as though I am a new and exotic species of something just landed, I get the loooong look and the puzzled face and the, she didn't REALLY just say that?

My parents both treat me like I can't take care of myself.. which may be true... Especially when it comes to money.. I felt like a child last night because during an anxiety attack, my fiance just held me in his arms stroking my hair to calm me down. I do that for my daughter.

no , myfamily doesn't.

My family treats me that way because I'm not married

I recently visited my 33 yo daughter in CA. She treated me like SHE was the parent - pushing me to do things and talking to me like I was a child without direction. It was humiliating.
peace, t

i wish my family would treat me like a kid. instead, the treat me like i'm "normal" and just insinuate that i'm lazy and moody. none of them understand in the slightest (except my husband and my daughter is beginning to).

I'm with Halterbroke on this one. My family I think intentionally withholds info that they think will be detrimental to my mental health. They don't realize that we are the some of the strongest people alive :)

Yes, my momma still treats me like a kid. I've never been good at responsibility. So, to her defense...I guess she is just trying to look out for me. I do have to put a distance between us. I hate that, and I know it hurts her because it hurts me too. Without that space, however, we would strangle each other. I love her and she loves me, but she can be smothering.

Sorry, I was rambling. To sum up my answer, yes.

"My sister hasnt spoke to me for 8 years. My mother just recently started to talk to me after 4 years. I just saw my father about 2 months ago for the first time in 3-4 years. They think I am just a big screw up who never does anything right. They think my BP is a cop-out.
You guys are lucky to have families that at least care enough to empathize, and love you. I pretty much dont really care anymore. Screw em."

My family treat me as the person I am:
An adult who is working on some issues that can lead to craziness. Only when I am 'over the top' do they say, "Oh, go to your garage."

I think it is because of the same reason people tend to talk loudly and slow when they are talking to a deaf person?

I see that all the time and it still makes me laugh. Usually I will sign some snide remark to the deaf person slamming the hearing idiot.

My sister treats me like a two year old yet expects me to act like I'm her mother.