(I posted this on the "mentally ill" board as well, I wasn't sure which was the best place to post it)

Is anyone else raising a child that belongs to a relative because that relative is mentally ill?
I would love to find people that are in similar situations as I am. Sometimes I feel like I am going to go crazy because of the things my sister does BECAUSE we have her child.
It is like, she knows she can't raise him, but resents me because we can and we do.

If we didn't have him, the state would have him. Why can't she look at THAT?

Instead I have to hear nearly every day how "You stole my child!". She is pushing me to completely cut ties with her. We have already told her she is no longer welcome in our home (there is a huge story behind this). She uses her mental illness as an excuse for her behavior. Just because she is mentally ill does not mean she can be verbally abusive to me. All I am trying to do is provide a good and loving him for her child!!!

My sister has been diagnosed with borderline personality, schitzophrenia, bi-polar, depression and paranoia. Each one of these conditions are SEVERE for her. She is FINALLY on her meds semi-regular. But it doesn't stop her anger. She talks about how much she would like to kill certain people and that scary thing is, I don't think she is just blowing steam! I told her before if she tells me that again, I would report it to the police. Maybe it was a mistake for me to say this to her, because it may stop her from saying it to me, but won't stop her from thinking about it. I just can't be in the position to HEAR that! She recently told my Mom she wanted to kill me.

I am so sick and tired of her insanity! If she got committed to a hospital again, I would NOT be there for her.

Why is it that she thinks she can blame everything on her illness, then we are supposed to welcome her with loving