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The Friday Files - On 24 August 2011, I found out that my Mum had passed away – four and a half years ago!

Obviously ours was not a “normal”  mother / daughter relationship. Mum had bipolar disorder and I am certain she also had borderline personality disorder although I don’t know if this was every formally diagnosed. It didn’t even become a clinical diagnosis until it was included in DSM-III (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) in 1980. Don’t be fooled by the name – there is nothing borderline about borderline. It is in fact very full-on!

As I process my mother’s life and death, I thought I might share some snapshots of my life with a mentally ill parent, here on this blog. It’s therapy for me, and hopefully it will help others who may be struggling to deal with a loved one with a mental illness, or are estranged from a family member … whatever. Who knows, maybe one day I will put my recollections together in book form. Or not …

Be warned, you may need to keep the tissues handy. It’s not pretty. It might be upsetting. But I hope that you are encouraged by the fact that these days I live a wonderful, loving, peaceful and ABUNDANT life (John 10:10 is my favourite verse!) … and as you follow the Friday Files I hope that you too can find hope as well as ideas and strategies for overcoming abuse and the demons that haunt YOUR past!

To read some of the Friday Files, visit http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/category/the-friday-files/.

For the post that began the Friday Files, click here.

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