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Bpd daughter had to finally draw the line

Bpd daughter had to finally draw the line

Hi

This is my first post I’ve come to read the posts of other Carers of those suffering with bpd to find comfort and maybe to live with the decision I’ve been trying to get the guts to make for a second time. I read another post about a lady with a 13 yo boy who was continuously abusing her. She too had had a hard upbringing but didn’t use it herself as an excuse to treat others unfairly. That is what my 19 yo daughter constantly does whenever she does not get her way. She brings up my actual past or her own childhood and turns it into something so ugly only cherry picking the very worst of it. Then she threatens to take her own life and tells me I don’t love her and not to attend the funeral and the texts just keep rolling in for hours on end until I’m curled up in bed balling my eyes out begging for it to stop. The amt of chances I have given are numerous but then she doesn’t go to appointments, or refuses to take medication but will self medicate, has stolen from my famuily and pretty much cost me every close relationship I’ve had in the last ten years. She has been in the ed for suicide attempts at least 30 times in last six months. But you always take each one seriously don’t you? Now I have drawn the line she is very very angry. My partners father died yesterday and she’s angry that I’m giving him attention. She has lived with us but refused to even offer condolences. I reached my limit there the lack of compassion and the jealousy. He has been nothing but kind to her when her own father has not been there.

But because I was an orphan with my own abandonment issues I seem to not be able to get past this crushing guilt. I’m not stupid I’m highly educated in mental health especially personality disorders but when your a mum and you have already lost your sister to it (I had to terminate that relationship) you lose perspective.

Im just feeling alone and lost and so so guilty. She has no money but is staying at a friends. Does the guilt ever leave? Idk I think I’d just like to hear from other mums or people who have had to endure the ongoing abuse but still love them anyway because they recognise the illness vs the person but have the draw the line somewhere? Thx for reading.

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Re: Bpd daughter had to finally draw the line

Hello and welcome @Sadbutterly

I have a similar situation to that @Bunniekins went through; ongoing, and sometimes I'm despairing, other times there's some hope. You have really endured a lot. It sounds like for your own self preservation and for your relationship, you have taken an important step. It doesn't have to be the end as you have given your daughter so many options. Guilt is so difficult to bear, but so is the abuse that you have taken for so long. If your daughter knows that those options still stand if she is willing to take some responsibility for her actions and her life, you have done your part and done your best. There have to be limits. These two things exist side by side. Take care, and please know that there are many people here who will listen.

Very well said in response @tweetie72 and @Smc

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Re: Bpd daughter had to finally draw the line

Hello Everyone

i am very sorry to read all of the stories. I too am going through exactly the same scenes with my BPD Daughter. I'm the worst mother on the planet etc and it is horrible to see and hear her anger. I don't know if ittvwill ever stop.

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Re: Bpd daughter had to finally draw the line

Move on. There is nothing more you can do. I have been experiencing something similar ( see my post under forum topic SOCIAL SITUATIONS) I have decided to take a step back, as it’s been 18 months being abused and living in hell.
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