Mental Health Concerns

Hello Everyone:

The allergies have finally cleared up. So happy about that. What I was not happy about was the hot weather which made sleeping next to impossible. That lasted until today but in the meantime the lack of sleep was getting to me. One of the things about self isolation is that you pay extra close attention to everything and everyone. In my case, I’ve had my internal radar focused on mum. In general, I do pay attention to her interactions with the carers but the past few days, mum’s behavior has been the object of my extra attention. Mum has this tendency to exaggerate her condition. She’s the kind person that can make a hangnail seem like a life and death emergency. Why does she do it?  I think she perversely enjoys the attention.  I think she deliberately makes herself appear worse so one of her doctors will suggest some treatment that will magically restore to health. I have another theory that’s the exact opposite. I think she makes all sorts of excuses not to do anything to help herself so that everyone will give up and leave her alone. None these make absolute sense. To be certain, her health is fragile so it’s not like she can do a lot all the time. However, she’s gotten used to coming up with an excuse, knowing that no one will challenge her. Sounds a manipulative, if you ask me. Suffice it to say that it’s making think that I need to speak to her doctor about a mental health evaluation. There’s only so much I’m willing to chalk up to her condition beyond that, it’s manipulative behavior.