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Title: Help please. After a year or so, it has all gone wrong again. Post by: Beattie45 on August 07, 2020, 02:22:59 PM My sister has had mental ill health for many years. I have been trying to support her for 40 plus years; I feel now at the end of my tether and never seem to learn. I am not sure whether she has BPD, affective schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, a combination of these or what. She certainly is an alcoholic, I think she has recovered but I may have been misled (duped). I am at the end of my tether because I thought I had got her to a safe and happy place by helping her move from a terrible environment where she had been for over 12 years to a safe and nice home not far from me and my husband. But after a year or so, it has all gone wrong again. I suppose I have come here because I keep making the same mistakes in my reactions and responses; I try to ignore her abusive behaviour or I try to offer loving support but nothing helps. I am now 65 and feel that I need a life of my own. Thank you for listening.
Title: Re: Help please. After a year or so, it has all gone wrong again. Post by: Harri on August 07, 2020, 04:07:51 PM hi Beattie and welcome!
Excerpt But after a year or so, it has all gone wrong again. I suppose I have come here because I keep making the same mistakes in my reactions and responses; I try to ignore her abusive behaviour or I try to offer loving support but nothing helps. I am now 65 and feel that I need a life of my own. Thank you for listening. What has gone wrong again? Can you share some details with us? A lot of us have been in a similar boat so you are not alone. As you read more here and share and interact with others, we can help you find a more centered place to be so you can manage whatever kind of relationship you may want with her. I hope to hear more from you soon. *welcome* |