If she upsets you this much you probably need to consider moving away from where your mum lives and starting your own life.
That is really horrible, I feel bad that all your confidence in yourself has been withered away with the negative abuse your mother has given you. The whole being strong and ignoring it doesn't always help cause you get even more bitter and sad. You have to look for the strength to be independent and have hope that you will succeed its all in the mind hun.
That's humans most powerful organ we have, sometimes it does fail but you have had 11 responses to this, thus you are important to even strangers :). You don't want your mom to win, I personally would disown my mother if she did any of those things to me, it would suck but id rather it because the negatively would be their. Just focus on your own goals don't worry about any expectations, liefs plans will happen when it is time.
:) You are going to be a great women and teach your kids about love and being strong.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.