Have had a really bad week. Mum phoned and asked me to go round . Dad wanted to 'go home' to his wife and was very aggressive. Normally I'm able to calm him down but when I took him indoors (left Mum in the kitchen as he thought she was 'the other woman'), he threatened to kill me, pinned me against the door holding my wrist and was going to karate chop my neck. I told him Mum was in the kitchen at which point he went out of the room and things totally switched - I became the evil woman who wanted to go to bed with him - I was playing tricks on him, coming round in the car, when I only live a few doors away ( I live a mile away). Mum was suddenly his wife again (but he still wanted to go home), he turned on me verbally despite seemingly knowing that I was his daughter. Mum told me not to cry at which point we both dissolved into tears. I felt totally out of my depth...no-one tells you how to handle these situations. I'm really worried that the day will come when;
a) he's going to hurt someone
b) we can't keep him indoors and he'll get lost - or run over (they live on a main road)
c) my Mum has a nervous breakdown
d) I have a nervous breakdown or
e) all of the above
Sorry ranting on a bit there. Needless to say the next day Dad was very quiet and almost 'normal'. Talk about Jekell and Hyde.
Thanks for listening, I feel better for writing it down!
Bye for now
Sue
a) he's going to hurt someone
b) we can't keep him indoors and he'll get lost - or run over (they live on a main road)
c) my Mum has a nervous breakdown
d) I have a nervous breakdown or
e) all of the above
Sorry ranting on a bit there. Needless to say the next day Dad was very quiet and almost 'normal'. Talk about Jekell and Hyde.
Thanks for listening, I feel better for writing it down!
Bye for now
Sue