Thread: at the end of my rope

i am seventeen, and my sister is twenty one. she's always had mental health issues, but im curious to what is actually wrong with her. she lies compulsively about little unimportant things or very obvious things, and it's like she convinces herself that her lies are the truth. she's constantly breaking in to me and my father's house and stealing things, or just moving them around. the most unsettling thing is that she pretends to be other people to men she meets on the internet. she has fake names and pictures, whole back stories to these fake women. she disappeared during a family function and came back with a black eye, saying that she laughed too hard and burst a blood vessel, but everyone could see that it was more than that. my brother thinks that she hurt herself purposely to get attention. my dad has tried to commit her after she claimed to kill herself, but she then claimed she was "just kidding" and the psych ward wouldn't take her because they didnt believe that she was a harm to herself or anyone else. she's my sister and i obviously love her but she has taken such a toll on me and my family, i was just wondering if anyone knew what could possibly be the problem.

does she take drugs? sounds like a case of spoilt lilttle brat syndrome, or middle kid syndrome. in every famliy we all have one, the one who has more attetion than others.
i am 'that' person, but i have never done anything as terrible as she has,just a lot of dumb mistakes as a teenager. Hmmm thats realy weird she feels the need to do that to her family,
i say she could be scared of growing up and being a adault?? you should sit her down and ask her why she does these things and tell her how it affects you.
sounds like she has a lot of growing up to do, goodluck and i hope you guys can over come her issues