Hi
For the last couple of years my sister has been suffering from various mental health problems, which keep being misdiagnosed and nobody really knows what is going on with her - all I know is she is on various kinds of prescription tranquilizer drugs.
However, in the last year there have been additional issues which have had me wondering if she may have been sexually assaulted or abused by someone and I could use some advice on what people think about it - or if anyone thinks it is something else - because nobody in the family knows what's going on and it isn't getting better.
The things I've noticed that have changed in the last year are:
1) Avoiding being around men, or being openly hostile and/or stubborn/unfriendly to men, including myself and my dad (my dad is quite upset by it).
2) Refusing to sit in the passenger seat if myself or my dad is driving.
3) Suddenly starting to date women and stop dating men.
4) Declaring an obsessive crush on her openly gay (and massively camp) friend who is the only man she will talk to.
5) Changing her whole appearance every week, wearing wigs or dying her hair a different colour every week.
6) Being particularly withdrawn, staying in bed, in a room with the lights off/blinds shut and not talking to anyone.
7) Going out less or going out looking a mess or with seemingly random/inappropriate clothes on.
She has also been known to do the following:
- Get so drunk she has to be picked up by the ambulance.
- Chat to weird older people or groups of men in pubs by herself whilst scamming drinks off people.
- Be sexually inappropriate/immature
- Be socially inappropriate to strangers
- Have no sense of the world around her
Advise would be great. Thanks