Posted by Lyrical13 on February 4, 2004, at 19:38:15
In reply to Re: possible help » Lyrical13, posted by dragonfly25 on January 25, 2004, at 8:00:02
I had an opportunity to talk with my dad about my sis. I went to pick her up for sister night and she wasn't there. We hadn't actually confirmed plans so I didn't know. Well, it worked out really well cause my dad was the only one home. I have been wanting to talk to him about the whole situation and didn't feel it was right to keep it a secret from him.
so my dad and I had a really good talk. He talked about what he had noticed with my sis and how frustrated he was because she seemed really angry at him and he didnt' know why. I told him what I had learned about cutting and bipolar etc. and he was very receptive. He asked for more info and for the info on the clinics that I had found. I also read a poem to him that I wrote about my sis and I. He cried and hugged me and thanked me for telling him. I felt much better. He said he would talk to step-mom about this. I told him I didn't want to get in the middle of his marriage but I really thought he had the right to know what was going on with his daughter.
If you want to read the poem, I'll post it at the creative writing part of psychobabble. If I post it here, Dr. Bob will probably redirect it anyway.
PS My pdoc was saying that cutting isn't a bipolar thing. He says it's characteristic of borderline personality disorder. What do y'all think? what dx did docs give those of you who SI?
I didn't think it was exclusive to one dx over another.
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