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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother is very very difficult. Like yours, she will never seek counseling but she shows so many signs of a personality disorder. My brother is a psychiatrist; he says it would be unethical to diagnose her, but believes she has BPD. I think she may also have NPD.

I haven’t spoken to her in about 1.5 years. Back in early 2020, she was upset that I didn’t ask her to watch my older children when I delivered my youngest (I had a Au pair at the time, who watched the kids). So as “punishment”, she refused to meet the baby. That was a last straw for me. She still hasn’t met my little one, 2 years in.

I have LOVED the peace of not having her in my life. I don’t miss her at all. Honestly I’d love for the next time I hear about her, it is someone calling me to tell me she’s dead. That’s pretty dark…but hey, having a mentally unstable parent will do that to ya!

I’ve been in therapy off and on for 25 years. Cutting her out has brought me more peace than anything else I’ve tried. [/quote]

That's an incredibly petty story all the way around.[/quote]

If you’ve never dealt with someone with a personality disorder, you really just can’t imagine what it’s like.  I had never even heard of them until I married my dh.  The stories about his mother were legendary.   It opened my eyes to what a personality disorder is and how it manifests itself and how destructive it can be.  It’s really hard to comprehend until you deal with it up close.

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Sounds like they both have a personality disorder, frankly. Why couldn't she let her mother take care of her older children while giving birth instead of the au pair? Seems like a simple thing. Then they both cut each other off. So stupid.[/quote][/quote]

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