How did you grow up and live with a unstable, insecure, mean sibling?

[Anonymous]

Mine eventually got therapy and grew out of the abusive behavior. We now have a distant but friendly relationship. 10 years ago I would have said it was hopeless. She decided to change and I decided slowly over several years to allow her back into my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It always strikes me as sad how mean spirited and vengeful some of the descriptions of mean family members are. I'm sure these posters are completely unaware of how these posts come off. It's hard to tell whose side to choose....

NP here. I have one sibling, and he's really sweet. I don't see it that way at all. It seems clear on most of these posts that after a lot of suffering, PPs are creating healthy boundaries. Good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It always strikes me as sad how mean spirited and vengeful some of the descriptions of mean family members are. I'm sure these posters are completely unaware of how these posts come off. It's hard to tell whose side to choose....

+1

I was going to post the same thing. Some of these posts I totally understand and the poster sounds level headed. Some of the others just drop with hate. Very sad.

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-10. Let me guess pp, you belong to the "never speak about the horrible things going on in the family" flavor of family. People like you look the other way when abuse happens. Good for you. Now go away and clutch your plastic pearls somewhere else.