In times of stress do the people around you support you or inflame the situation?

I swear, my mum is so antagonistic.

She just can't leave something alone, she just keeps picking at it like a scab.

I know they say you're in control of your own behaviour but when she does this she leaves me feeling so enraged.

It's not healthy to feel like this.

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Sidewinder · 36-40, M

I've had a few antagonistic people in my life.

My late Grandfather's second wife, of whom he married some time after my Grandparents separated was one such person and specifically towards my Mother.

Sure, they would act civil when other people were around, but that act was only just an act.