When was your 'This isn't normal' moment?

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Recently I have been doing a lot of thinking. I have been NC with my nada since

July (it all went down over a horse, long story, I posted about it a while ago.)

For the most part I have been doing well, with occasional anger outbursts about

the situation in general.

I was thinking back about how things were when I was in High School, and that is

when I had my 'This isn't normal' revelation.

Freshman year my best friend was over and we were playing video games. My mom

burst into the room and started yelling at me over something stupid, I don't

even remember what it was. Maybe cleaning? As is typical for her, it spiraled

down into what a useless, selfish person I was and how I was never going to make

anything out of my life, etc. All this in front of my friend. Literally 5

minutes later she came back in the room, all cheerful, and told us that she put

a pizza in the oven for us.

When she closed the door my best friend started crying and gave me a hug...and

said " You know this isn't normal, right? My mom would never act like that. "

Honestly I didn't think any of it was a big deal, it was par for the course with

nada, but seeing my best friend get upset over it was a very big eye opener.

So, what was your 'moment'???