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[quote=Anonymous]Let me tell you about our family.  Alcoholic definitely BPD father, messed up upbringing but weirdly me and my siblings ended up ok.  A few issues but not BPD.  I have two nephews (kids from two different brothers) with BPD dx in Early 20s. Substance abuse was serious. I have a niece that starting in early teens was cutting, goth, severely depressed , etc.  flash forward to now all late twenties.  One finished a Masters in Engineering age is a leader in the recovery community, one has a great job and seems happy with a serious girlfriend, one bopped around Europe for a few years but is back home working for travel related company and in part time grad school.

Here’s the kicker.  My teen is 16 and has BPD dx .  I knew we were headed here almost since birth.  I have two other children with none of these challenges.  I so get where you are coming from.  I feel overwhelmed and very sad at times but then I remember there absolutely is hope. It takes time, and therapy (highly recommend you go to a DBT trained therapist even if can’t get teen in, which I get , it’s so hard).

Hang in there , take care of yourself, set boundaries, read as much as you can.  A lot of the DBT methods really work with parenting this kind of complicated child.  Hugs. [/quote]

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