How do you help someone accept their BPD?

According to my father, she is beginning a new anger/depression/paranoid episode. I can tell that he is worried for her and afraid for their future. I believe with all my heart that she should be taking medication and attending therapy regularly. Unfortunately, she is so paranoid and angry that she wouldn't trust anyone that told her so. She has treated in the past but eventually stops going and stops taking medication (she prefers alcohol and knows that taking both is a big mistake).

Can anyone give me some suggestions about how to confront her and get her some help? I am sick of ignoring this problem and "waiting it out." I am worried that she is going to hurt herself and recently got confirmation from my father that this is not an irrational fear.

Thank you!

good luck- i hope it turns out okay and she gets the help she needs.

How about leaving her alone? I'm not being sarcastic here. I mean don't discuss it with her. Sometimes a good pamphlet which can give them a checklist of the symptoms can help them begin to become aware of their behavior how honest they are truly being.

It could also, sadly be the same thing with which I had to get over, too. The stigma for me was a long time thing to get over. Some people don't ever. Denial is a life saver many times for our health, and when we are forced to take notice of the abnormal behavior in ourselves sometimes we begin to ask our own questions helping us to OWN our own situation. Not OWNED, but to own or personally accept the situation or knowledge of it all.

God Bless and Let us know how it goes for you and your family.

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