Guest guest Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi Everyone, It's been slowly dawning on my sister and I that our mother probably has BPD. A therapist recommend we read 'Stop Walking On Eggshells' and our suspicions were confirmed. She seems to be a fairly high functioning BPD, no one outside our immidiate family knew about her rages and verbal abuse. My sisters and I are still working on reversing the negative self-esteem, depression, and all the other fun bagage that goes with growing up with that kind of a parent. She was a single mom and we're all adults now, the problem is, her condition isn't getting any better. My older sister and I moved half way across the country to get away from her, we literally just ran away from home. My younger sister (in college), is still living at home and feels like she can't leave to go to school because she's the last of us that hasn't left, so Mom's clinging to her something fierce. Also, our Mom has gotten herself into really bad financial troubles because of her over-spending. And to compound the problem, she's become a hoarder, it's getting close to where she could be a canditate for the tv show 'Hoarders.' My long winded introduction is because we don't know how to get our Mom help. My sister feels bad leaving our Mom to go to school because she has so many needs and my other sister and I are too far away too help. If my Mom was 'healthy' she could take care of herself but we're worried about her. My question is, How do we get her help? How do we tell her she has BPD? She has always hated therapy and can't stand that we go. If anyone has a similiar experience or any advice on how to get our Mom help we would greatly appreciate it! Thanks, AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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