Scotttriguy wrote:
Admitting herself to hospital may get her a diagnosis, but a leopard can't change its spots.
Part of me feels for her family - I think someone earlier called them 'innocent victims' - given her admitted previous criminal behaviour (using someone's {a friends'?} debit card without their permission) - and her current unethical behaviour, this is probably a life long pattern.
So the other part of me wonders if this is a(nother) wake-up call to her family (and friends) that she is not to be trusted and they should distance themselves from her for their own protection.
Tough to say... and you're right no matter where she might fall into a diagnosis... sociopath, borderline, narcissist, etc. she is essentially who she is. Or you get someone that shifts a little... i.e. a borderline that drops the self hate thing (with therapy) and becomes a raging sociopath. That's true for all of us... we are wired a certain way and that is how we are.
Innocent victims are part of the consequences unfortunately. I have a couple borderlines, sociopaths, psychopaths, etc. in my family... it's a real train wreck. Their problems are their problems though, people that really know me, know me and don't associate "their stuff" with me. I'm not a victim though, I just happen to be family with people that have issues... and loose friends with some.
This whole thread has opened my eyes to a whole other level of cheating... call me naive... or was naive to this.
