Why did that happen?
I stood up to my mother (finally). But even then I was still polite and calm.
I called her out on her bullying behavior and reminded her that her 3rd husband was terribly abusive toward me.
She denied it completely, then got mad at me and turned the whole family against me.
I am now ostracized from the family and she's told everyone I "imagined things" and am "making things up because I have mental problems". She denies everything. She is the victim of a crazy daughter, so she refuses to speak to me.
No one in my family speaks to me now because according to her, I am crazy and lying.
Even my brother, who was also abused, denies it and has taken her side against me.
Why did that happen?