I’m running a marathon about 90 minutes from me and just don’t feel like getting a hotel 😂 I’d have to leave around 330 for a 6am start…insane??
Hi,
I (34f) don’t even know where to start. My sister (25f) has been diagnosed with bipolar for probably 5-8 years at this point but we had suspicions long beforehand. Most recently she’s been struggling quite a bit- really since the new year and it came to a head a few days ago when she drunk drove her car into a telephone pole in the middle of the day. She and everyone around her is luckily fine, but I’m struggling with the decision making. Is this her mental health to blame? Am i enabling her bad choices by saying it’s her mental health that led her to make such a selfish and terrible choice? I feel like i can’t be honest and express any type of negative emotion towards her because it immediately goes into a spiral of SI and crying/yelling that no one supports her. My family really walks on egg shells around her and is very careful to not “set her off” but then i feel like it just gives her an out every time. She will likely lose her license, she has no car and will either lose her job or have to quit because of transportation. She works in the MH space and while she’s good at the work it’s too much to handle with her own struggles and she ends up spiraling every 12-18 months and quitting her job only to find one very similar and repeat the pattern.
I want to be a support to her. And i want to have my sister in my life but her behavior really affects my own mental health when im worried she’s at risk of hurting herself or someone else. I’m rambling- but when she was in the ER after the accident my mom said she was threatening to leave AMA so i was up half the night checking her location to make sure she didn’t escape and wander off alone. She was being so nasty my parents and her bf had to leave. Sigh. Thanks for reading.