Dear Katrine Nielsen:

I ask questions because I am trying to understand myself, and then, help you understand things better:

1) If the you and this woman, diagnosed with BPD, “only met up once every 6 months or so.. usually watch a movie or eat at a café and such”, then it is not accurate to say that she has been “a close friend”, and that the two of you were “good friends for years”, is it?

I mean, meeting twice a year or so does not constitute a close friendship, does it?

2) In September 13, last year, you wrote about your mother: “My mom just had a complete mental breakdown, and I’m terrified that she would end up hurting herself. She’s been on the edge for years… She’s crying all day and refusing to talk. I know that she needs to go on furlough and get help. She’s been needing this for twenty years but refuses to accept help”.

Today, you wrote regarding your mother (and father): “My parents don’t understand anxiety, like why are you anxious there’s nothing to be anxious about”.

How is it possible that your mother, having been on the edge for years, etc., does not understand anxiety?

anita