My mom stays in fron of her television watching about the end times of the world and obsessively talks about it. She is so depressing. Some of the stuff she says sounds so crazy and ignorant. Everything is about destruction,doom and gloom and the meaning of 666 and the like. She doesn't like getting involved with people and has no hobbies, friends, or interests. She seems so cantankerous and wants to make everyone else believe and climb aboard with her POV or she gets angry. She has the means to travel, but won't do it.
She became very angry with me when I told her I no longer wanted to talk about all of her prophesy talk or conspiracies theories because it depresses me. She got angry and threw a book down and stomped her foot and told me I was a terrible daughter and bad mother for keeping the truth from my son.
HELP!!! I need help so badly! I've told her life is so precious and short, we need to embrace each day and ENJOY LIFE! Get out and get a hobby, take friends to tea, invite people over and chat, ANYTHING but sitting and watching television all day AND all alone. It only gets her depressed and obsessed.
That people turn toward thoughts of The Revelation in their late years leads me to think it is a way of thinking about the end of their own world and what lies beyond the grave. Are they going to go to heaven or hell? Is there really such a thing? Death has so much uncertainty and Revelation addresses the final judgment and what happens to people who believe or don't believe. Personally I can't figure out what the book is even talking about, though it can be fun to speculate.
Does your mother find comfort in thinking about the end times? Is she anywhere near her own personal end times? Maybe she needs to talk to a spiritual counselor about her concerns.
I try to share books or quotes from some of the eastern philosophies and meditation techniques to calm her, but she thinks its all evil.
And, I agree, kazzaa, we don't even want to go down the Jerry Springer road! *gasp*
Thank you so much for your insights. I think I will call her church and ask someone to call her and invite her to get out and get involved with a care group or something of the like.
I so appreciate you input.
I am concerned about her anger and paranoia she seems to be exhibiting.