Hating another person is not a solution to anything.  Finding a more practical means of resolving a problem is much more useful.

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Question:

I love my mother but I feel she does not love me.  She has always expected me to agree with her and do as I get told, or else she would physically attack me. 

I now spend most of my time at boarding school where I have to work very hard to keep up.  I come home feeling exhausted and just want to relax and catch a breath.  However, everything ends up in a fight with my mother – and I mean a physical fight where I have to defend myself and watch out so that I don’t hurt her.

For example, today I accidentally stepped on her foot – I did not see her standing right behind me.  I apologized, but she started screaming at me and grabbed my hair, and then started hitting me.  I first started screaming as well, but I then started laughing to try and defuse the situation and also to restrain myself.

I have noticed that whenever I go home for a weekend, my hands start to shake.  How can I deal with my mother without fighting and hating her?

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I get very angry at myself when I let something bother me.  I have friends and family who consistently forget my birthday, even though they have asked me for it several times.  I know they care about me, but do they prove me wrong when they forget my birthday every year?  Maybe if I was more special to them, they would make an effort to remember.