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Old 04-08-2011, 12:26 PM   #1
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My Sister has something wrong with her?

Hi,
Im 16, my sister is 2 years younger and she is doing some really strange things
I started self harming when i was 12. It all came out when i was 14 Then about 2 days later, My sister beth came out that she was harming too since she was 11. But she never wore long sleeves before it came out about me. When she found out about my issues, she started developing them.

On a holiday, i stopped eating for a week, When she realised what i was doing, she too stopped eating.
I started making myself throw up after eating regularly. She found out. She starts doing it.

I tried to overdose. She finds out. I then saw enpty pill packets in her room one time.

She is the least girly person ever, But she stole some of my makeup, for no apparent reason. She steals my bracelets and even packets of tissues. Random things of mine go missing. And it always comes back to her.

It all just seems too structured for it to be nothing. I know she needs help but its so hard living in the same house as someone like her, i have problems with paranoia and my house, my room is meant to be my safe place.

She will never own up to it, even when she gets caught stealing red handed, she denies it. My mum thinks its weird but doesnt seem to want to talk about it much.

I dont know what to do. She is getting councilling but i know that she seems to seek and enjoy the attention of proffesionals like doctors and teachers so i dont know whether its helping or she just says it does so she can keep going back to get the buzz of it.

advice? help? suggestions?
Sorry for the length of this btw. There was a lot of stuff to get out.
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Old 04-08-2011, 02:03 PM   #2
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Copying is one of the most sincere forms of flattery. It sounds like your sister is struggling with self-esteem and self-identity, so is taking on board that of the people she admires around her.

Doing so to extremes of harming though is not good and does need looking into. Can you quietly take your Mum aside and explain what is happening and that you are worried for your sister. It may be that she needs to speak to a Dr. It may also be that this is part of why she is seeing the counsellor?

My advice would be to praise her when she does things that are individual - and yes, that praise should be in the form of positive attention. Then, when doing things that copy you, provide less of that affirmation. She will eventually pick up that copying others does not necessarily provide the affirmation of self she is seeking.

Be gentle with yourself.

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