In time my mom's points of view have turned into a running joke here. She is very much in denial how such a strong person is "broken". It was funny as hell about the red meat as she seemed to forget I owned a a farm raising birds as our bulk meat supply that O personally processed and lived on the coast and was an avid fisherman.

My twin who means very well was upset when some blessed metal she gave me I stopped wearing. (I am not as up to date on being a Catholic as I should so not much idea what it is to do) She swore this would help so much, it turned out it just got entangled with my cross and my hair. Drove me nuts.

My ex husband swears I just need to let things roll off my back and I will be fine...

Now the bizzaro world is my hubby and his family. They all read up on it and go out of their way to be helpful (not enabling) and understanding without ever making me feel like a freak. Because they did research.

You know the book I Can't Get Over It may be good at putting things in a way he can get. Maybe sparing an appointment with counselor. These can be very good at helping the spouse get on the same page. Your appointments may be very limited but this may be good use of one visit. My doc was very good at putting things in a way he got and rephrased what I meant. He did very well also at rephrasing "man talk" into a way my mind got. It did worlds of good.