by Helena
Fascinating, well-written stuff, Silk.
...and now to attempt to turn this thread into something all about my narcissistic self!
I seem to attract two types of people: the mother figure and the borderline. For those of you who've read "The Mask of Sanity" you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. The mother figures are fun. The borderlines are not.
As you've said, Silk, the BPD tends to alternate between idealisation and devaluation. Well, I had the misfortune of encountering a borderline on the train a year and a half ago. I should've given her a fake name, but I didn't. My bad. She found me on Facebook and added me. That's okay - I've got 5,000 friends on FB, and MOST of them are stalkers.
But then this girl moved into the house next door to mine.
I still thought that that was okay. Ignore her, bore her, abuse her, and soon enough, she'd start screeching about how horrible I am as a person and would then move on to someone else.
Nooooooooooo.
Over the past year I've stolen $4,500 from her. I've stolen drugs from her house. I "borrow" money that I never return. Yet, no devaluation.
WHY THE FUCK NOT?! I mean, what I am doing wrong here? I've dealt with borderlines in the past and it's never been this difficult to get rid of one!
Is this the neighbor that tried to kill herself?
Did you ever try to talk to her and tell her honestly and bluntly that you don't want to have anything to do with her? Being honest and straightforward about it could solve your problem. Try it, you have nothing to lose. Make sure she understands you really mean it.