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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like this is the same person that keeps posting about her mother with various "personality disorders".

Listen OP, there's a saying, it's something like "all happy families are happy in the same way. All dysfunctional families are dysfunctional in different ways."

Without a lot more context, I'm not sure anyone here can guide you. 
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This is the opening line of Anna Karenina: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

But this goes way beyond that.

OP, you seem to have a very clear understanding of exactly what's going on here. I don't think you can actually help your mother at this point. I think YOU should get counseling/therapy in order to set boundaries without guilt while maintaining some level of engagement with your mother in the event that she needs or wants help. Maybe that's a 15 minute phone call once a week or whatever. If I had been through what you have been through with your mother I would be much more interested in fostering healthy sibling relationships over the relationship with your mother.[/quote]

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