“My mum makes everything about her”

What could be going on

Talks only about themselves: Fits if your news is a cue for her story; check whether she ever asks a follow-up question.

Vulnerable (covert) narcissism: Could be this if she feels slighted whenever attention moves to someone else.

Parentification: Check whether you have always been her listener and carer, a role reversal from childhood.

The gifted child: adapting to a parent's needs (Alice Miller): Fits if you learned early to read and serve her needs and lost track of your own.

Generalised anxiety: An ordinary cause: anxious people often talk about their worries; check if she is chronically worried.

Also said as

• I told my mother I was ill and she talked about her own health for an hour
• my parent turns every conversation back to themselves
• why does my mother make my news about her
• even my wedding became about my mum
• self-centred mother
• my mom hijacks every conversation