i had a horrible mother growing up and suffered depression all my life. she was verbally and emotionally abusive, used to tell me that nobody in the whole world cares for me, every time my father, aunts, grandparents, teachers, friends at school -anyone! were nice to me, she would tell me they were just faking, she never let me believe that ANYBODY loved me. And all my life i've been hearing that i was stupid, ugly, a burden and a pain.
now that i'm grown up and don't go home anymore she continues to harrass me by e-mail, rubbing my face on all the years she raised me etc. she still puts me down a lot, insults me, tells me i'm no good. So even with a career, postgraduate studies, buying my apartment, traveling the world, getting a steady relationship and starting my own business i feel like a total loser with a worthless life.
my therapist tells me to get away from her, not write anymore, not read her mails, because all she does is depress me, but i feel extremely guilty if i break up with my mother. somewhere inside i feel like if she's not happy i got no right to be either. would i be a horrible person if i get away from her?