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<blockquote data-quote="Feeling Sad" data-source="post: 666038" data-attributes="member: 19245"><p>Yes, I like to try to think of it as for now...it is what I needed to do tor now. I hope that I do see him again. I just feel like crying all of the time. It is soooooooh difficult being back at work. Normal stresses seem gigantic now. I feel so very fragile. I miss him so much. I can't stop worrying.</p><p></p><p>If I didn't have this fantastic site, I would have totally fallen apart.</p><p></p><p>Yes, Seeking, I could not help him here at home. Once he knew that I was afraid...and I was petrified towards the end, he held the upper hand. If I started to talk about seeing a doctor, he would smash something. If I threatened the police, he would say that he would kill me if I called. If I said no to something...he would become violent. </p><p></p><p>I work with behaviors all day, but this was a large adult with no back-up instructional aides. I am divorced. It is my son. I came home to him. My guilt got in the way too. Also, he was my third experience in my family with schizophrenia. I was resigned in someways. My 2 sisters never had improved, one took medications for 50 years...the other threw them away after a 72 hour hold. I have had over 50 years of dealing with this disease in my family members. I have had my life threatened for over 50 years, as well. I have always worked hard to help all 3. I just thought that I needed to keep him safe. I was trying to have boundaries and consistency, but he was receiving too much negative reinforcement from me. He knew that he could just smash something and then run into his room. </p><p></p><p>I should have called the police, but I felt that they would just tell me again to evict him and not help him or keep us safe from him.</p><p></p><p>In 2013, when I called the police they asked me 3 times why I had called that night. I told then that my schizophrenic son was threatening to cut up my face. Three times they asked me! Three times I said the same thing. It seemed like the reason wasn't enough!</p><p></p><p>I made the mistake of saying that he was not diagnosed...it all went even more downhill after that. They just told me to get an eviction. Then they would come back out and serve it.</p><p></p><p>I told them that I am a special education teacher and that I also have other family members with schizophrenia. I asked them how could he get better by being evicted? I actually said that he would then be one of the millions of mentally ill homeless people. </p><p></p><p>Now, my son, sadly is...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feeling Sad, post: 666038, member: 19245"] Yes, I like to try to think of it as for now...it is what I needed to do tor now. I hope that I do see him again. I just feel like crying all of the time. It is soooooooh difficult being back at work. Normal stresses seem gigantic now. I feel so very fragile. I miss him so much. I can't stop worrying. If I didn't have this fantastic site, I would have totally fallen apart. Yes, Seeking, I could not help him here at home. Once he knew that I was afraid...and I was petrified towards the end, he held the upper hand. If I started to talk about seeing a doctor, he would smash something. If I threatened the police, he would say that he would kill me if I called. If I said no to something...he would become violent. I work with behaviors all day, but this was a large adult with no back-up instructional aides. I am divorced. It is my son. I came home to him. My guilt got in the way too. Also, he was my third experience in my family with schizophrenia. I was resigned in someways. My 2 sisters never had improved, one took medications for 50 years...the other threw them away after a 72 hour hold. I have had over 50 years of dealing with this disease in my family members. I have had my life threatened for over 50 years, as well. I have always worked hard to help all 3. I just thought that I needed to keep him safe. I was trying to have boundaries and consistency, but he was receiving too much negative reinforcement from me. He knew that he could just smash something and then run into his room. I should have called the police, but I felt that they would just tell me again to evict him and not help him or keep us safe from him. In 2013, when I called the police they asked me 3 times why I had called that night. I told then that my schizophrenic son was threatening to cut up my face. Three times they asked me! Three times I said the same thing. It seemed like the reason wasn't enough! I made the mistake of saying that he was not diagnosed...it all went even more downhill after that. They just told me to get an eviction. Then they would come back out and serve it. I told them that I am a special education teacher and that I also have other family members with schizophrenia. I asked them how could he get better by being evicted? I actually said that he would then be one of the millions of mentally ill homeless people. Now, my son, sadly is... [/QUOTE]
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