Posts Tagged ‘siblings’

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Sister-in-Law Trying To Take My Place in the Family?

Last updated 27th August 2008

Q: My brother was dating a girl for about a year whom we all liked. At the one year mark, when it wasn’t certain where their relationship was going, or if he was being deployed to Iraq — he ended up being discharged and not going — she announced she was pregnant. My family immediately [...]

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Sister Trying to Steal the Family Inheritance

Last updated 4th August 2008

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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Sister Self-Injures, Hears Voices, and Wets the Bed

Last updated 2nd June 2008

Q: My sister is 18, soon to be 19, and has had a problem with wetting the bed her whole life. She also likes to make up stories and cuts herself. Excuses for her behaviors are always blamed on voices inside her head and they will get mad if she talks about them. We have [...]

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Unhappy with My Childhood and Education

Last updated 13th May 2008

Q: I have a problem and am very unhappy about my past when I was a younger/little kid. It involves my cousin and I being sexual with each other. My parents said it’s normal for kids to experiment with each other, even siblings. I don’t think it’s normal, and they think it’s normal. I think [...]

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Suspicions of Undue Influence by Sister Over 89 year-old Mother

Last updated 11th April 2008

Q: Several of my brothers and sisters, including myself, feel our mother (89 years old) is suffering from severe undue influence…perhaps even Stockholm Syndrome…at the hands of our oldest sibling, a sister who is 68. This feeling has been around for many years although it has gotten stronger since our oldest sibling (female and single, [...]

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