I feel like my mother doesn't support me.
My mother is combative with me when I say I don't want to talk with her about my depression.  

She hasn't been supportive of me in the past and she isn't someone that I feel comfortable opening up to. She constantly tries to instigate conversations where she asks me questions that I don't want to or can't answer. I tell her I don't want to talk and she starts arguments with me. 

How can I get her to understand?
Family Conflict,Depression
<p>Your situation sounds extremely frustrating.</p><p>You're doing the right move to state you don't want to discuss your depression with her.</p><p>I guess you could ask if she would like to know your reason to not speak w her about your depression. &nbsp;If you feel she can handle a reasonable conversation, and you would like to tell her your true reason, then schedule this or bring up the topic at a neutral time, not in the middle of an argument.</p><p>Having an unsupportive mom is difficult enough to accept. &nbsp;You may feel greater success and peach of mind to meditate on accepting her lack of understanding than to engage in arguing when she starts this.</p>