re: 12 Year Old Girl with BPD

That's great about your daughter, Aubie.

My heart breaks for folks who have family members, or significant others with serious personality or mood disorders. I am truly thankful that my life has been relatively normal in this regard. My grandfather (mom's dad) was manic depressive so I have a fear in the back of my head that it will get me, or my siblings in a late onset. I am 36, sister is 38, and brother is 41, and so far, we are good. My mom is 64 so she is about at the age where it is unlikely that she'll ever develop anything.

My grandfather died when I was 12 or 13, and my memories of him are actually very fond. Any symptoms he'd display didn't dawn on me as unusual for the most part because I was so young, and oblivious to mental illness. I am thankful for that. I loved going to visit him in his little trailer. He was good about taking his lithium, and I remember him being a very mellow, loving, and caring man. Even at the end when he had to live in a facility because he couldn't care for himself anymore and had severe emphysema, we'd visit him there, and he'd randomly break out singing church hymnals-I really cherish those memories.

Anyway, I really hate that y'all are going through this OP, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I hope that things turn around for her. As many have said in this thread-there is hope, and hope is what keeps us sane. So never give that up.