My life is now in a rut. Constantly working, repeating the same task over and over. Constantly being pestered, being forced to do repetitive tasks for my mother who does not want to do them herself. When asked why she simply threatens to make me pay for living there, or simply avoids the question altogether. She was injured a year back, and is mostly better, but now has gotten too used to being waited on, and treats me like a butler.
I am glad to help sometimes, but most of the time I am angry, because she never treated my brother the same way. My brother would deny her requests and avoid her tasks, even when unwell, which put the burden on me. Even when not unwell my brother would rarely help. He would never get punished for not listening, or for outright refusing. My mother would simply give up and just turn to me. Now that my brother has moved out, she always asks me to do things that she could do herself.
When working on assignments and preparing reports, she would criticize and try to make changes that were unnecessary or just plain stupid.
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Darrel, you've done a good job here of expressing your frustration. I think that right now you have a good beginning for a reflection paper. When we revise this into a 2nd draft, I would like you to add a story to demonstrate your point. For example, do you have a story about an unnecessary suggestion your mother made? Or perhaps a story about how your brother was never punished for his behavior?
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