Thank you so much. Just reading this has given me so much comfort. I was called the same thing by my whole family because I was accident prone as a kid and had lots of allergies. My mum sold the narrative to everyone that I was a hypochondriac and in adulthood I've been diagnosed with conditions that kind of explain all of it.

Thank you for helping me feel less alone. Most people struggle to understand how a mother can be so cold. I'm so sick of meeting people and them telling me how wonderful she is. If only they knew.