For the last year, my sister has been exibiting some behaviors of which I do not approve. She is fourteen, and entering her Freshman year of high school, and I realize this is a hard transition, however, she has not been the same for quite some time.
She has been attending therapy, and claims to have a voice she dubbed "Andy" in her head, who she claims sometimes takes control over her body. I personally feel as though she made this up, as she watches the soap opera One Life to live. The main characters seem to have this problem to a much greater degree, and I feel as though this is where the idea derived from. However, their illness was supposed to be created by sexual abuse, which my sister has never had to suffer. She has since been on medication for hallucinations and claims she is better in in this repect. So I'm feeling as though she lied in this regard.
Another thing... As of recently, she has continued to ask our parents for a great deal of things, including a puppy, saying that this would give her a "reason to live" and end her depression. She got the puppy. Mere weeks later, she's depressed and cutting again. Now she's saying she wants another dog, and saying that she'll be even more responsible. She's not content with the one that she got. I've tried to tell my parents that I believe she's faking a mental illness to get what she wants.
I've also noticed a trend that when she associates with her friends, who are, essentially, trashy individuals, that she becomes depressed. Specifically, one friend in particular is attending therapy as well, and claims to have unstable mental health. Are they feeding on each others' problems to get what they want?
What is wrong with my sister? Is she really depressed and telling the truth? Or is she only trying to deceive and get what she wants?
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