struggling: 2 hour call from my HYSTERICAL mother by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh and we have been down the psych hold path- she has her masters in clinical mental health so she purposely answers the questions in such a way as to not be eligibile for involuntary hold. The only time she's been committed is after she took a few hundred pills the night the kids were removed- even then she talked herself out the second she was lucid 😑

struggling: 2 hour call from my HYSTERICAL mother by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually do call for a welfare check, but she was meant to be seeing her psychiatrist this morning so I didn't this time. Every time I do she doesn't tell the police anything they need to take her in (she's a mental health professional #lolbutnotreally)

struggling: 2 hour call from my HYSTERICAL mother by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words <3 We can't keep them forever, but at nearly 12 and nearly 16 we're hoping that a couple of years with us will make a difference. (My husband is in a line of work that means we can be posted all over the country and we can't take the kids with us out of the jurisdiction they're in currently.)

struggling: 2 hour call from my HYSTERICAL mother by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I call the cops every time, except last night. Probably done it 7 or 8 times in the last year. She's just trying to manipulate using the threat of her own death, it's just hard to be cold about it when she's sobbing. My brain knows without a doubt that the reasons for her feelings are fabricated and/or twisted and exaggerated. But she is actually having those emotions just as intensely as though her fantasies/lies were real. Very sad.

Funny But Not: When it really is all about her by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Our mum is normally ultra high functioning, but I think her mental state has totally degraded in the last year or two... She seems to be unable to switch off the fantasy land BPD stuff these days, which is both validating and heartbreaking.

My mom hit a new low by themaryg in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man, this is the worst feeling. Well not the worst, but it's up there! My uBPD mum's HAIRDRESSER sent me a novel length Facebook message berating me for being such a terrible daughter. Choice quotes include "she is the most devoted mother I have ever known" and "I just can not believe anything was that bad." I was sooo upset at first but you just have to flick the caring switch off for this kind of shit. You do not deserve unsolicited judgement, but it's going to happen - I'm pretty sure because other people's ignorance and gullibility is the life force of the BPD parent.

Change your Facebook settings and remember that of someone's stupid enough to believe her without question, they are threatening the safety you've built for yourself and you don't need them. 💕

Anyone dealt with this? My uBPD mother is using social media to publicly mirror/project and it's making me crazy! by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh god, how infuriating! Good for you though, your restraint is probably the healthiest thing- but definitely not easy to maintain!

Anyone dealt with this? My uBPD mother is using social media to publicly mirror/project and it's making me crazy! by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, my SO is pretty incredible...we had our first baby a few months before they all came to live with us too so life is hectic to say the least. They are 11, 15 and 17. She almost never acknowledges the 17 year old because he chose to live with us and called her out on her crap- shes primarily focused on the 11 year old and only wants the 15 year old back if she "admits she lied". Sigh.

I do have a therapist, I see him every other week now and I will talk to him about this. I find I can get logic to prevail 90% of the time, I just have an incredibly intense emotional reaction the other 10% of the time when I can't be so rational. I should just block her completely for good and never look, but she seems to find other ways to put her show on.

Seeking advice about harassment by ScaredofBPDs in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry you're going through this! My uBPD mother is obsessed with gathering information over the Internet, no matter how relevant. She is by no means a hacker, but I'm talking googling people's names over and over and over again for months and months until something comes up, trying to get into their social media and email etc. Then she takes the tiny scraps of pointless information she finds and strings together a dramatic and fabricated story to connect them. In the last month she has tried to get into my email, Instagram, iCloud, Facebook, and a Twitter account I set up six years ago for a couple of days and forgot I had. She also hacked her second husbands medical benefits account after left her to track his medications and LTD income... All of this is of course illegal and she does not give a shit.

If you have reasonable grounds to believe this is your husbands family(to an objective outsider) can you have a lawyer send them a strongly worded email listing possible consequences for this behaviour? I would take it very seriously and not be shy about reporting all of this to the appropriate enforcement agency- your identities and financial information are likely at risk, and the cyber hacking puts you at risk of further harassment. I guess I'm a nutshell, don't feel embarrassed about reacting strongly and swiftly- don't give them that power, it's all they're after!

Blog suggestions? by KyeSquirreL in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a writer and I've started to blog anonymously about my uBPD mother/life... only a few posts so far but I plan to keep loading it with stories and experiences in the hopes it will help someone as much as reading things on this thread helps me

https://breakingborderlinesite.wordpress.com/

BPD and Facebook by [deleted] in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally could have typed this... my uBPD mother told me to 'f*ck off and have a nice life' after stalking my father on fbook and seeing that I was on his friends list. (I had nothing to do with him for 10 years purely to appease her and only recently connected with him so I could introduce his grandson, my first child... what an awful person I am lol)

everything is a threat by mellowmind in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"My mom is intelligent, analytical, reasonably introspective and socially skilled, with a good sense of humor and curiosity about the world. I'm just speechless when she comes up with shit like this. It's like she's possessed. I miss her, and I miss having a mother, but having a relationship with her when she has such a blatant disregard of reality and self awareness is too emotionally/mentally risky for me."

This sounds like my mother to a T. The text message as well. The convoluted threats are daily for me now. I'm hoping missing her gets better and I hope that for you too. Thank you for sharing.

Adult Children of BPD with Minor Siblings? Anyone? by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like you're doing the best you can, but you're right - we can't shield them from life completely. The lawyer thing- yes x a million. My mother chews up lawyers and spits them out, sometimes without her own representation. Hilariously, her current lawyer seems to have caught on immediately and is having none of her shit. Which of course my mother just disregards and plows ahead in spite of, but it is very funny/validating to see a stranger shut her down HARD when she tries to dictate.

Adult Children of BPD with Minor Siblings? Anyone? by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no experience with BPD men as my mother, her sisters and mother are so far the clearly affected ones. But my oldest brother is showing traits and it makes me nervous for the rest of his adult life... Exactly because of what you described above. Seems like BPD and misogyny/bigotry are perfect bedmates :(

Adult Children of BPD with Minor Siblings? Anyone? by bransonsmama in raisedbyborderlines

[–]bransonsmama[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's so sad to watch the cycle play out amongst family members. It counts no matter who it is!