Sadly, I know far worse at the moment and she is breaking everyone's heart. She has been recently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, yet we're thinking it's more likely she is bipolar. This girl is 18 and around 9 weeks pregnant. She met the father of the baby who is 17 in a private psychiatric hospital. He is bisexual and was there to be with his boyfriend when she conceived. So the first fear was whether there was a risk of AIDS. Apparently that's been cleared.
She wanted to keep her baby... her parents supported her decision. I guess we all believed she must have wanted to live and would start to turn around to take care of her baby. Not so. She has self harmed at least half a dozen times since she found she was pregnant. This is in spite of having been helped buy a brand new car earlier in the year that payments have been taken over by her father for her. He has also been looking at purchasing a house in the state his ex lives so she could be near her mother and afford a reasonable rent - plus have a place to live, since most people would not accept her circumstances.
She has two very decent parents who have shown her enormous love and care and have made every possible opportunity open to her... you would think this was enough.
As unkind as it sounds, we've come to the difficult conclusion that whenever she feels the attention she wants is taken away from her, she creates a drama. While the private psychiatric hospital she's become accustomed to which is like a 5 star hotel, seems to be her refuge for hanging out with her friends.
I can't let this girl anywhere near my 12 year old daughter.
Her father is my partner and I really do feel for him. He would like a decent night's sleep... for one thing. He deserves so much more though.
|