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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]back again. i feel like every day there is a new gut punch in this situation. SIL has told my bro she is filing for divorce.

then today my brother learns she told a former coworker/friend of his that he has mental health issues, something he had definitely not shared with him. in my book, this has now gone well beyond decent behavior -- spreading personal health information to former coworkers could affect his ability to find work in the future, right? isn't this slander?[/quote]

Unfortunate, but it happens.

As the sister of a seriously mental ill person, I know I have a "back of my mind" plan for what I'll do if my sister gets divorced and needs me to take care of her.
You may need to get a plan like that too.

Also, you need therapy.  I've gotten it for a year to help me figure out how to set appropriate boundaries.  It's not easy to do with a mentally ill sibling.  But you've gotta start somewhere.

Wishing you peace, one sibling of a mentally ill person to another.[/quote]

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