Hi everyone. 

My sister is 19 years old and suffers with severe anxiety, depression, and ADHD and bipolar disorder (she was diagnosed two years ago). She has always been the “problem child” but since she has gotten older and thinks she is mature it has thrown my entire family for a loop. 

There is never a calm day in my house. She is extremely impulsive and nasty and everyone walks on eggshells around her. She’ll make a nasty comment and we won’t engage and just ignore. But you can only ignore so much! She says things “I have all these issues so you guys are just going to have to learn to deal with me” instead of seeking out help for herself to see how SHE can make changes. 

She has a degree in tik tok university apparently so she absolutely refuses to go to a therapist or go on any medication. She won’t even seek out any holistic remedies to help her. It’s awful seeing her like this. We grew up with the two most loving parents who would do anything for us. There was always love in our house, and my mother longs for her affection. When she’s having a bad day, she sends the entire house into a whirl and it results in my parents arguing and it’s just absolutely horrible. My mom won’t kick her out because she’s afraid but I feel like that’s what she needs to do if she’s refusing to talk to someone or go to a doctor to be put on medication. 

I love my sister but I am sincerely starting to resent her for what she has been putting my family through. It feels like there is no end in sight because she won’t go and get help. I know she can’t be happy living her life like this. She has no friends, and I can understand why. I just want her to do something about it