"Where were you?! I called you fifty times! I was worried sick! i-I-i....I t-thought y-you...." Your mother's terrified voice rings in your ears. She has you held in a tight hug. So tight it's suffocating. That's what her love has always been like. A big, suffocating mass. Ever since you were little, your mother has been overprotective. Clingy. Way more than a normal mother should be. Now that you're older, you've tried to pull away from her, but whenever you do, this happens. She freaks out. How can you be independent and enjoy life when your mother acts like this whenever you go out?