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Actually- this is an issue that hits close to me bc my sister has issues with being emotionally/mentally unstable and it scares me. The problem is since she is 23 there is not much we can do. She cannot hold a job so she lives at home with my mother- she cannot kick her out bc she doesn't want her living on the street, we have tried to have her committed bc she refuses to get any help of any kind. She snaps and goes on rampages- destoying the house- turning her entire room upside down and breaking things- forcing my mom to look herself in her room until she calms down. She also gave me a black eye once during one of her fits. I had her arrested and I took her to court and the judge threw out my case calling it a "family dispute". When we tried to have her committed they evaluated her and released her the same day bc she is smart and played victim and managed to persuade them that nothing was wrong with her. They then wouldn't even release any information to us bc she is an adult. What else can we do? Unless she agrees to get help of some kind- my poor mother is stuck with her- basically imprisoned in her own house. It's not that people don't recognize the signs- it's that the system won't take any of the signs seriously until she seriously hurts herself or god forbid someone else.