We're in the shit hole known as Brooklyn, NY. She got the "mandate" from her job, and instead of talking about what to do, she's folding like a cheap suit and is gonna get the goddamn shot.
Hell, she was all gung-ho initially when she got the memo. I told her don't give it, let them fire you then you sue them and win and you can retire (because she's already 67). But no, without even talking to me about any dangers, she's decided she's going to get it.
I've been sick of her retarded, narcissistic, idiotic bullshit for 30 years. I swear, she sometimes seems like she has the IQ of a fucking rock.
But goddamnit, why the fuck can't she just talk to me about it?
soujnds to me like you love your Mom in spite of her selfish ways. Makes for a complicated relationship.
If she's truly a narcissist, she's never wrong and don't try to tell her she is (on stuff she cares anything about).
Oddly, as I read your post, I initially thought you can no more save someone hellbent on getting the shot than you can an addict from their vice.
and then there is the whole victim mindset... she will be "rescued" by the government and their doctors. until she realizes what they did.
Sorry to hear, fren.
It's ridiculous really. She essentially regurgitates what I say regarding the clot shot, covid itself, testing, whatever, and then she tells me she's gonna get it. I'm thinking, what the fuck? What the hell do I have to do to convince her not to get it? What do I need to tell or show her? It's fucking depressing.
I don't know if this helps or not, but there was this day it hit me. I realized my sister was full on crazy (15 years ago). The evidence was there for years, but I just couldn't really wrap my head around the level of irrational thought to make her truth "true."
I was working as an LMHC in a psych ward for about a year and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Only the worst of my patients sounded like her. Most of them were much more sane and open to rational thinking.
Who knows if she's exercising her autonomy, going along to get along (which is what it sounds like), or something else. But if you've shown her all the facts, you've asked her not to risk it, and she's determined..... you can't save her.
Prayers friend. It's between her and God what she does with the gift of life he gave her.