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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I’ve been through this with both a mentally ill SIL and a former boss who, if mentally ill, kept it under wraps except to lash out at my appearance (she was a few years older than me and criticized my hair, skin, and fashion sense- it was a startup so I didn’t have a safe place to report this behavior).

It’s ok to admit that you are hurt, and it’s also ok to say you’re hurt even if you know someone is mentally ill and “it doesn’t count.” That part is a challenge for me, because everyone insisting that it’s just the rant of a mentally ill person invalidated my hurt feelings and the heightened sense of vulnerability these insults gave me. In some ways it hurts more, because the person with limited capacity for sanity used a bit of it to target you.

I don’t want you to feel like you have to run away, but in my case I did end up leaving my company. I realized that a place that could make space for my boss and her behavior was unhealthy in a lot of other ways and it helped me feel motivated to find a better situation. Haven’t managed to escape my SIL, though. [/quote]

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