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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you asked her “how are you doing?” And then just listened?

I have a loving mom, but one who can’t listen, interrupts me when I’m talking, and tries to immediately “fix” any problem that I’m talking about. I’ve stopped telling my mom my problems because it’s infuriating. If you’re like this, I’m not surprised your sister hasn’t confided her problems to you.

Take her out for coffee. Ask her how she’s doing, and then shut your mouth and listen. Make eye contact and nod and don’t interrupt. [/quote]

This is probably the best thing you can do. 
I agree with your gut feeling that something is not right. But "go to a doctor" may not be helpful when the issues are non-specific - this could be medical, mental, nutritional, some combo. She may need to see several doctors to figure it out, which will only happen if she's self-motivated to solve it. So just listening is what you can do for her.

Reconsider that trip with her, because it would give you opportunities to listen and find out what is up.

BTW, I think it can be fine to tell someone thet have BO. I mean, bosses have posted on here about having to tell employees, so you can tell your sister "dude, go take a shower before we go to dinner, you're getting stinky."[/quote]

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