Topic : 05/22 The True Life of Marcia Brady

Now that Maureen has made them ALL RICH she is the villain.  Is Kevin that hard up since and envious of his sister's success that he is alienating her and turning their father against her?!?!?!?!

I don't understand why Dr. Phil would ask Maureen if she is crazy?  Would someone please explain that question and logic(or lack of) to m?

Fortunately no one in my family has been a total victim of my abusive sister like Maureen's father is a victim of her brother.  However, my sister has constantly caused problems in my family, and she has always tried to control us.  I can totally relate to Maureen's comments that being around her brother for a given  period of time makes her feel like she is going crazy.  My sister is one of the cruelest people I have ever met in my life.  However, if YOU were to meet her, you would think she is perfect.  She has the perfect life, a wonderful husband, a large house, and two perfect children.  She knows how to present herself to people.  However, there front doesn't last for long.  They have moved twice in the last 4 years simply because my sister is not happy. 

I feel really conflicted because I have removed myself completely from my sister.  She is 14 years older than I am, and I have always looked up to her.  However, when I became a mother I realized she wasn't worth the stress.  Plus, I feel she is too unstable to be around my family.  However, she would never make an effort to see me anyway.  I would have to fly to see her.  I would never want to because I am always on egg shells around her.  She has the same MO as Kevin...acuse and retreat.  Plus, she is very cruel and unapolgetic.  It just breaks my heart that I will never have a relationship with her. 

My sister used to have a slight hold on my other sister.  She used to tell her horrible things about my mother and me.  However, luckily my sister saw the light recently after she had a child.  Our older sister was not there for her a bit during her difficult pregnancy, and her new son's medical problems.  In fact she only lived four hours away, but didn't see her new nephew until he was over a year old. 

Seeing Maureen's brother makes me very thankful that my sister is no longer controling my family.  It still makes me sad because she does continue to hurt our feelings, but her days as our "puppet master" are over.  It is just heart breaking when this happens in a family.

IF you didn't believe her when she said they made her feel crazy then you've never dealt with someone like the members of my family where things are so absurdly ridiculous that it makes your head spin.  I had a situation with my brother before Christmas almost exactly like this and even when you "know" something isn't true, it can make you dizzy and confused when someone accuses you of things that are totally untrue and so bizarre it makes you sick.  My ex-husband was finally diagnosed as bi-polar and once he was on medication, he admitted that he'd told our friends and family in the past a bunch of lies about me, but when he was telling them the things...he truly believed it.  What's so confusing is when they truly believe their own lies and they are so convinced that it makes you feel like you're in the twilght zone or something.

Once when I was a teen, my mother told me to clean out all the cabinets and rearrange them before she got home from work, so I did.  When she came home, the very first thing she did was open the cabinets and then she said, "Why did you do this? Why don't you just leave things alone and mind your own business?" And went on ranting for 3 minutes or more.  I had to constantly remember who else in the house heard her tell me to do stuff and have backup to prove she had told me to do it and what time it was and what all she said, verbatim constantly.  I went to counseling for many many years and they would always ask, "What is it you are here for?" and I'd always say, "I have to know if it's my mother that's crazy or if it's me....if it's me, I'll do something about it, but if it's her then I need to know I'm not crazy so I can deal with it."  They always told me it wasn't me after we had talked for just a little while, but I still had to learn how to deal with it.  My mother and brother make me feel crazy many times.  I haven't even spoken to them since right before Christmas 2006 and probably won't.  I'm getting to old to deal with all the craziness and stupidity.  But trust me...people can make you feel that way.  When you hear two totally opposing things where there is no way that they can both be true....it does make you wonder if you've totally lost your mind.  They are so convinced they make you wonder if you've lost it.  I've always said that my childhood was like living in the twilight zone.

It was nice to see Marsha Brady again. (Had a crush on her as a little boy). :P

I really hope Maureen can be reunited with her father, she seems to care for him alot even though he treated her like trash in that one video.

Do a job, Dr. Phil!

Let us know how things go for her too.