told my mom I'd rather not know her in the next life and she actually changed

so in elementary school my mom would beat me if my test scores dropped below 95. like she'd rip up my workbooks and throw them at my face, I had scars all over. and she'd say shit like she wanted to stab me to death with scissors if I pissed her off. just unhinged abuse basically.

then one day she sits me down super serious and asks what I think of her as a mom. I was like 12 or 13? and I just. told her straight up. "I wish in my next life we weren't related. I wish we didn't even know each other."

she LOST IT. not angry lost it. she just started crying. like actually sobbing. and I remember thinking oh god I said something really wrong here.

but then. she stopped. completely. never hit me again. never said mean shit again. like it just stopped.

im 19 now and when we fight she actually talks it through with me. like genuinely sits down and has a real conversation. and I never said anything like that again either after that day. we both kind of just... changed.

I don't even know if that's healing or if I'm fucked up but it's what happened