Mom rants for hours every day, is this abuse?

Question

Every day I come home from school, my mom spends at least two hours forcing me to listen to her rant about my stepdad or her life. And additional hours, when she gets pissed off at me for no reason and rants about how much she hates me. I'm over the emotional damage but it's getting out of hand because literally i am wasting more than two hours per day on this and it's tiresome having to sit there without a word, listening to her scream or rant without even taking one breath. And she talks really fast and never stops and this goes on for AT LEAST one hour without one pause. This has been going on for years. She rants to me about everything and her whole life and me and I feel like I am really wasting my life . If I say "I have to do my homework", she will become a psycho& scream&things will get nasty. So I just sit there and I have to act like I'm really intrigued. I know so much **** about my stepfather now and her rants made me hate him. I did a calculator thing and I calculated that I spent about 70% of my life, excluding school, sleep, and eating, listening to my mom rant.One time at the mall, she got annoyed at me for not walking quickly or something stupid so she sat me down and for three hours in public in a seat she ranted about her life and how much it sucks,&I wanted to kill myself then and there, it's really hard to sit through that there for hours. Obviously I care and I listen , but when it crosses the two hour mark I cant BEAR it. Is this technically even abuse?

Answer 1

Yes, this is verbal abuse, especially when she directs it towards you. From what it sounds like, she won't listen to a word you have to say, so having a serious talk with her won't do any good, and frankly, I don't even know how you'd start it! If there is a relative who you are close with that you could talk to about it, that would be a good place to begin. However, talking to a trusted teacher or even the principal of your school would also be excellent choices. If your school has a good and trustworthy principal, I'd say that would be the best choice. He or she, even if not being able to help out directly, would definitely see that something is done about it or bring it to the attention of someone who can truly help. I hope this advice helps you and I wish you the best of luck! Hang in there! :)

Answer 2

No, your mom is just a whiny woman. She needs some friends. When you say "get nasty" what do you mean? Like hitting you? Then it's considered abuse lol.

Answer 3

Maybe you should be firm and tell her that you have homework to do and lock yourself in you bedroom .Other than that go to a friends to study,

Answer 4

sounds like it, talk to cps about it, you shouldnt have to listen to that