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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 27849" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>My Oldest has been unofficially diagnosed as Borderline .. unofficial because she never follows through with treatment. She will acknowledge taht she is bipolar, but again, refuses to do anything about it. When she hits the next bottom (there are so many), she will admit herself to psychiatric again, probably.</p><p></p><p>Stop Walking on Eggshells is a great book, I have read and re-read it. I think one of the keys to dealing with a borderline (adult) child is keeping very clear boundaries in place. Oldest will twist things around if I am not very clear on what I say and do. </p><p></p><p>I wish Oldest would get help and acknowledge her issues, but I don't have much that it will happen, at least, not anytime soon. It's so hard to watch how she is living her life, the lies she tells, the friends she manipulates and uses up, especially men. I love her dearly but it's frustrating and awkward, especially when a mutual friend will try to talk to me about her behavior. Sometimes I feel like a traitor when I simply say, "Well, that's my [Oldest.] I love her dearly but she's crazy." But it's come to be the simplest answer, and people tend not to push further after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 27849, member: 1157"] My Oldest has been unofficially diagnosed as Borderline .. unofficial because she never follows through with treatment. She will acknowledge taht she is bipolar, but again, refuses to do anything about it. When she hits the next bottom (there are so many), she will admit herself to psychiatric again, probably. Stop Walking on Eggshells is a great book, I have read and re-read it. I think one of the keys to dealing with a borderline (adult) child is keeping very clear boundaries in place. Oldest will twist things around if I am not very clear on what I say and do. I wish Oldest would get help and acknowledge her issues, but I don't have much that it will happen, at least, not anytime soon. It's so hard to watch how she is living her life, the lies she tells, the friends she manipulates and uses up, especially men. I love her dearly but it's frustrating and awkward, especially when a mutual friend will try to talk to me about her behavior. Sometimes I feel like a traitor when I simply say, "Well, that's my [Oldest.] I love her dearly but she's crazy." But it's come to be the simplest answer, and people tend not to push further after that. [/QUOTE]
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