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My Mother has always been one to not take responsibility of her now 16 year old daughter. There was always those days where My Dad and me wouldn't know where she was or what she was doing, or when I was six and she would leave me and go play at the casinos, Because since we live in Las Vegas, theres a casinos down the road. But she would always come back and everything would be better and she would have money to whatever extent it took her to get it. We'd go to Dennys and the mall and she would always buy me stuff to make everything better.
And now, not much has changed, EXCEPT she is now well aware of her bipolar. She has a lot of issues between her and this man shes known for along time. And every time I would try and help her out, want to talk to her about her problems she would just blow me off. Thinking that I was no help to her or that I would turn my back on her and tell my dad...And ever since the summer has started things are worse than they can be. She's telling me I'm a loser and I care too much what people think, that I would never pass high school and that she thinks I have ADD/ADHD.
Which anyone can see, is her excuse to blame everything she did to me on anything that doesn't have to do with her.
So.. My question is.. Is there anyway I could stop this? Should I move out? Or should I ignore the situation?

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Dear Mary, This is a very difficult situation for you and at a distance it is very difficult to advise you. Have you discussed this with your father or any other adult that can give you some advice? Is there a school counsellor you could talk to?

Perhaps there is some social services that can give free advice. It must be very difficult for you and the best is to look after your own interest.
I am sorry I cannot do better than this.

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

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BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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