I am at a loss as to how I can be there for my sister when she sends me texts me, "Yet another night spent driving home alone in the rain while listening to Jon foreman, sobbing, having a panic attack and wishing I could just slam into the semi in front of me. And wanting to sleep all day."
My mom thinks Mary needs to up her dose of Prozac or Zoloft or w/e she is on right now. Mary sleeps something like 12 hours total in a day (naps included). When she is awake and at home, she usually is lying in her bed and on the computer. She does her homework and makes very good grades. She worries incessantly about her grades, actually.
Mary is under the impression that going to a private, college-prep boarding school will help decrease her panic attacks -I hope she is right. My mom is considering selling our house and marrying Ernie to help pay for Mary's schooling at the boarding school.
I know that there is not much I can do for Mary -I can't make her be happy and I can't tell her to stop having panic attacks. I also cannot force her to talk to me about what dark thoughts plague her, but I am so scared of getting that phone call. I would do anything for her. In fact, I was watching a WWII/Nazi movie the other night and could not help but think that I would do anything to save my sister from a death like what was in a concentration camp, including sacrificing myself for her. I can try to protect her from other people, but how do I protect her from herself?
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