“A hellish landscape of caring for three elderly parents while holding a bomb in the brain” A woman in her fifties sees a “husband watching television without any help”. A critical point that leaves a clinical psychologist speechless

Parents, in-laws, husbands, children… a life with bad family relationships is full of bitterness. A woman in her fifties living in the Kanto region tries to build a good relationship with her family, but nothing is going well. While caring for her parents who fell ill as they grew older, she herself fought fiercely against illnesses (brain aneurysm, angina, breast cancer, hysterectomy, etc.). However, her husband tells her, “Don't push yourself too hard,” but he doesn't help her at all and just lies there, watching TV and laughing (Part 2, 2 episodes).


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(Synopsis of the first part)The mother of Kaoru Torigoe (50 years old, married), who lives in the Kanto region, does almost no housework and abandons childcare. Despite this, I wasted money buying tons of clothes, shoes and precious metals. After graduating from high school, Torigoe worked at a car sales company where she was sexually harassed by her boss and suffered domestic violence from her husband, who joined the company at the same time. when she got married. When her father retired, her mother left home and moved in with her sister. Mr. Torigoe broke off relations with his selfish mother. On the other hand, his stepfather looked down on Torigoe's educational background and family background from the beginning, and his stepmother mentally controlled Torigoe. Meanwhile, when his eldest daughter entered primary school, Torigoe joined the PTA. To avoid being criticized by her husband, Torigoe perfected her household chores and reduced her rest and sleep to continue her PTA activities, but Torigoe became mentally ill and went to a psychosomatic doctor. One day, when my eldest daughter became a second-year high school student, I saw her get her wrist cut.


Emergency transport of father and stepmother


About 10 years have passed since Kaoru Torigoe (50 years old, married), who lives in the Kanto region, lost contact with her mother (69 years old). She could not forgive her mother, who had abandoned all childcare and housework when she was young, and who had now abandoned her retired husband to run away.


It was September 2011. Suddenly, Torigoe's 70-year-old father came to visit him and said, “Your mother might have lung cancer.” »


When her mother had an x-ray at the hospital, a white shadow appeared on her lungs and the doctor told her she might have lung cancer and she became extremely depressed. Even after her mother ran away from home and moved in with Torigoe's older sister (eldest daughter), her father apparently kept in touch with her from time to time and apparently thought, “I wanted her the meeting before his death. ''


However, Torigoe refused to meet his mother.


A thorough examination revealed that his mother did not have lung cancer. Later, my father told me that the doctor had explained to me, “Even a single hard blow to the chest can cause the lungs to appear white on X-rays.” »


But three years later, in 2014. Her father suddenly collapsed and called 911 himself. Emergency services rushed to the scene and contacted the mother who was with her eldest daughter. Before her mother left, she said she was reluctant to take care of her father, who was hospitalized, and said, “I want you to take care of my father's hospitalization procedures and deliver to him the things he needs. » I called Mr. . Torigoe. This led Torigoe to reconnect with his mother for the first time in over 13 years.


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