I had a discussion Friday afternoon with a friend of mine concerning her sister.  I’d noticed that she had seemed depressed the last couple of times I’d talked to her, and she has also been acting kind of erratic for the past couple of weeks.  She just got out of a bad (and abusive) relationship and moved in with my friend.  Now she’s already talking about moving out (she’s only been there about three weeks).  And she’s already got some guy she’s interested in (she said something about him being a musician).  This all seems way too soon, given all that she’s been through already.  She also complained to me that she’s broke until her next paycheck on the 15th, yet she had money to go out drinking on Wednesday night (and to spend on her car).

My friend told me that her sister had stopped taking her anti-depressants.  She complained that she didn’t have the money for them.  My friend is also concerned that her sister may be on drugs (which is where her money may be going).  I guess this puts a lot of her behavior into perspective, but it’s really sad to see someone with so much potential waste it this way.  I know that she’s intelligent and capable of doing a lot of things, but she just doesn’t seem to believe that she can do them (and now she doesn’t seem that interested in it either).

Sorry if this post was a bit confusing, but I intentionally tried to avoid naming either my friend or her sister (or to give enough information to identify them).