my mum is moody and stern with me at times

how can i cope with that? my mum lives far from me now and is elderly...she phones me 3x a day....and a lot of the time i just want her to mother me, but at times she has a stern and moody approach with me....i tend to talk to my mum about my worries, fears, my anxiety problems....and my mum is often understanding and motherly...but there's times she's not like that and is stern and moody with me..

i live alone now, lived alone 20 years in a little flat...so it gets me down when she's like that with me...as i just want to be understood and consolled when i'm going through it mentally.

any advice appreciated.

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Ferise1 · 46-50, M

That’s something people have to deal with generally in their 20s

tiltawhirl · 36-40, F

@Ferise1 Why even say that? No advice to offer him? He has special needs. Not everyone fits in the same cookie cutter mold.

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@tiltawhirl well he has to toughen up, there’s nothing else to do