I was wondering what prompted you all to seek therapy and/or medication for your disorder? My brother has diagnosed bpd but refuses any treatment. He’s 25 and lives at home with our mom. We both had a terrible childhood, mom had severe mental health issues, dad was an alcoholic and died when we were teenagers.
However, i can’t handle the way he treats me anymore. There are no small arguments, he’s always flying into a rage, always pulling out the worst insults he can muster. And then afterwards expects everything to go back to normal, either because “his insults are justified I just don’t like to hear it” or “he didn’t mean it, he was angry”. When he’s not spiraling he’s my best friend. Funny, intelligent, caring. But a switch gets flipped and he’s so verbally abusive. I walk on eggshells to make sure nothing can upset him and it’s exhausting. I have self-esteem and depression issues of my own from our childhood and when he says vile shit to me it reinforces all the negativity I have about myself. I don’t want to cut him off, and I could talk myself into enduring his bullshit more easily if I knew he was taking steps to rectify this, but he won’t. I just don’t know what to do