Comment on What should I do about my family?
may_be@thelemmy.club 1 week agowhy thank you!! i understand. just got out of a toxic relationship with someone who has bpd.
Comment on What should I do about my family?
may_be@thelemmy.club 1 week agowhy thank you!! i understand. just got out of a toxic relationship with someone who has bpd.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My wife had a bad family life and a bipolar best friend. It was really bad for her, decades later she is much better.
Ultimately what helped her is a ratio thing. She introduced more people in her life that are not assholes. Her father to this day is verbally abusive as an adult, but a lot of the things he says now that would have made her break down as a teenager, now brush off her. This js only possible, because she has plenty of people around her that tell her the opposite.
Building up a community of support is the foundation to a better life. She rarely interacts with her family anymore by choice, but she has plenty of people around her who love her.