I’m 18 and I have this younger sister who’s 16. I don’t know if I’m just too sensitive and this is just normal stuff, but I often feel bullied by my younger sister. I have lots of other siblings and have never felt this way about any of them aside from her. I always feel belittled and tormented. We have the same friends, go to the same classes and do a lot of the same activities. She always says things to me like “at least I’m not known as the weirdo in class” or “every guy you like always ends up liking me” or “our friends only hang out with you because of me” or “maybe if you looked like me guys would like you” or “people think I’m older because I don’t act like a child like you”. It’s not like she says these things in front of people to make herself look better. She says these things to me when no ones around. If I bring these things she says up to my mom, she either denies it, or starts crying and claims she has anger issues. Whatever she does, my mom ends up giving in or feeling bad for her and essentially tells me to get over it and “stop fighting with her”. My sister never apologizes, never owns up, and never stops. That doesn’t sound like someone trying to work on anger issues. My self esteem is unbelievably low. I think I’m stupid, annoying, not pretty enough, weird, etc. I never feel good about myself. I mean that. A result of this is that I’m self conscious, quite, socially anxious, standoffish, and so on. I even feel crazy. Like maybe I’m just jealous of her. Maybe I’m jealous that she’s smarter, prettier, more confident and more socially outgoing. Am I in a toxic sibling relationship, or am I just overly sensitive?
