Q: How long should I be supportive to a 31 year old daughter who is in an abusive relationship? In the last 5 years I’ve been there for her, went through my life savings, ran up credit cards to help her, opened up my home to her and lost my privacy. I now stand to [...]
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Q: I am 95% certain my mother has Histrionic Personality Disorder. She is 68, I am 36, and I am interested in any book recommendations you may have for understanding how growing up around this condition may have affected my development. She was married multiple times (4), and raised me mostly as a single mother [...]
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Q: I have a 30-year old daughter who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychotic features. She is a single gay parent. My granddaughter is 10 years old. I’m very concerned about the wellbeing of my granddaughter now and going forward.
For 15+ years, my daughter has had mental and drug problems. She is not [...]
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Q: I have been concerned about my Mum’s mental health for years now. In the past I came to the conclusion that she had depression, as she was always so negative, never affectionate, angry and critical. But she was always able to put on an act for other people and could appear to be very [...]
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Q: I start with this quote: “A [sibling] with a Personality Disorder may intimidate an elderly parent for money or manipulate a legal situation to eliminate siblings from an inheritance.” (From your article on personality disorders in relationships.)
Question: We have exactly this situation; how do we cope?
Throughout her married life, our sister flew to [...]
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