I have a very fraught relationship with my mother. I feel I need to repeatedly explain to her what I go through when she says certain things or does something that I have asked her not to do.
I also understand her age, upbringing, and perspective towards life will be very different than mine. Sometimes our arguments get so heated, I start hitting myself just so that she would shut up. We exchange such harsh words that it physically drains me by the end of the conversation. I start feeling like I have no energy to study or work.
Because of this, we have started having minimum interactions after the pandemic. They are in their 60s and I don’t want to regret not working out my issues after their death or something.
Recommend me a book on any of the below
1. How to not get triggered so easily. and How to control your reaction/responses when angry.
2. How to communicate and understand your old parents better.
by Just-Control-9815