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[quote=Anonymous]Did anyone see the article about the 28-year-old woman who attacked her elderly parents?  They refused to take her to Outback Steakhouse and she physically attacked her mother and threatened both parents with a knife.   I read the story and saw the mugshot and I immediately thought of my sister.  She’s 25 and lives at home with parents.  She and her younger sister were adopted when they were 1&4 from an abusive relative.   She was had violent episodes that never stopped.  She was diagnosed with ODD, Aspergers, ADHD, Manic depression, bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia all by her 18th birthday.  She can be such a sweet, loving person but it’s like a flip of a switch and she becomes explosive, aggressive and uncontrollable.  As she’s gotten bigger it’s gotten more and more dangerous.  Puberty was a nightmare and when she was 9-years-old she had a episode that destroyed our house and left me (17 and 240 pounds at the time) with a broken arm and concussion.  She spent time in and out of inpatient and was finally stabilized around her 21st birthday.

Was never able to go to public school, graduate or get her GED.  My parents have best interest at heart but are major enablers and out of fear and love cater the world to her.  Never held a job.  Allowed basically to do as she pleases and they’ll bend over backwards to keep her happy.  Her younger sister moved out the second she graduated because her older sister was abusive (physically, mentally, emotionally).

It’s a fine line between understanding the first four years of her life we’re full of trauma and that she’s suffering from a lot of mental illnesses to allowing it all to be a crutch.

I’m terrified that one of these days she’ll attack my parents who are now in their late 60s.   There have been a lot of close calls and usually they just give in to avoid tantrums.  It really would be best if she was in a group home so she could work on skills and be surrounded by people who would challenge her, hold her accountable and keep her safe from herself and others.
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