The Mother (Among the Sleep)

"You've got to stop hiding from mommy."

- The Mother to The Toddler

"The Mother" is the true main antagonist of the indie pchycological thriller game "Among the Sleep". She at first appears to be a caring and loving mother but by the end of the game, she is revealed to be a divorced, alcoholic, abusive parent barely clinging to her sanity. She quite possibly suffers from bipolar disorder due to her violent mood swings.

Backstory
It is heavily implied throughout the story that she is divorced from her husband but it is unknown whether she immedietly won custody over the child or not but at the end of the game, a man who is thought to be the father arrives and saves him by taking back custody.

In the game
In the beginning of the story, The mother and the child (noticebly alone) are celebrating his 2nd birthday. After serving him a slice of cake, the doorbell rings and she goes to answer it. After a few seconds, a muffled but angry conversation can be heard, causing the child to become very distressed. The mother returns with a gift and she takes him up to his room to open it. It is revealed to be a teddy bear which appears to be alive in the child's eyes. The mother leaves him alone to play after the phone rings.

Later, she puts him to bed but he awakens to find the bear missing only to find him in the washing machine. After rescuing him, they begin to walk through a series of creepy and disturbing areas, where alcohol bottles and other objects are strewn on the floor. He is also chased by a monster who eventually captures them and tears Teddy's arm off. The child then collects memories of his mother. After this is completed, he ends up back in the house and find his mother crying, holding the alcohol bottle and a damaged Teddy. While innocently trying to retreve him, The mother lashes out, knocking him to the floor before tearfully apologizing. At that moment, a man (presumably the father) knocks on the door. The child answers it and the man happily greets him and tells him that he will fix Teddy.