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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.

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• Imagine if they have a few guns at home. -老忽叔叔- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/17/2012 postreply 19:53:27

• 這種半瘋不瘋的確實很麻煩。殺了人也不用負責。 -徒勞- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/17/2012 postreply 20:12:19

• 如果家裏為了安全買幾把槍放著。。。 -老忽叔叔- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/17/2012 postreply 20:17:45

• 忍不住來打瓶醬油。忽叔叔您說話好逗。 -布蘭雅- ♀ (95 bytes) () 12/17/2012 postreply 20:25:52

• 你忽叔叔俺不僅說話逗，還知道 -老忽叔叔- ♂ (25 bytes) () 12/17/2012 postreply 20:29:23