{{{{hugs}}}}}
Wondering how you are doing and sending more hugs!
I’m getting blisters from walking funny on my broken foot, and my son now openly looks forward to the time Mom goes to work.
Postal 2 is an amazingly cathartic game, if you let your inner Calvin take over.
RedWood, I’m pretty sure I’ll be alone that night, even with everyone in the room.
I’m probably going to burn up some vacation hours and live in the car for a few days if we get through this. We clearly need it. Thanks, all.
WTF happened?! On Christmas Day, I mean.
Rilchiam, my wife that day was not being very sane. I love her, and we’re working on the “Stop Being Crazy” moments. She wanted the whole family to head over to Mom’s, and I thought that was a bad idea, as she was also throwing things at me.
I refused to go, don’t wanna fight in front of my wife’s parents.
She’s getting worse, it’s like two weeks out of every five now. We once were much more happy than this.
I’m tired of getting hit and hurt and worrying about our son. It makes me physically ill, I puke nearly every morning, and chomp antacids all day long.
{{{Darth}}}
IMO - y’all need some outside help.
I know. It’s just that every example of outside help I know of first would get me fired, and then arrested. Or maybe in the other order.
Once things get all domestic violent-- I’m screwed. Doesn’t matter if I get hurt. She’s only like this every three weeks. I just want to get her some help, it’s really freaking obvious to everyone from her family what’s going on, but all I can do is duck.
I don’t need anymore hugs.
I just gave my husband one.
Darth Nader, it does matter if you get hurt. If not for your sake, for your ability to look after your kid.
If she’s a danger to herself or others she qualifies for involuntary commitment which would get her the treatment she needs.
Not sure about Texas specifically but I found this document which list the procedures that should be applicable to your part of Texas.
Seriously, Darth, my mom is bipolar and in retrospect the times Dad got her involuntarily committed were exactly what everyone needed. Your son shouldn’t be in danger, and for God’s sake you shouldn’t be being hurt.
If she’s mentally ill talking about trying to restrain the crazy isn’t going to help. She needs real, professional help.
My husband grew up in a family with an abusive, bipolar father and a mother who sorta kinda tried to protect her kids but was both abused and didn’t believe she could do much of anything, even though she did have options. Tough ones, mind you, that would have caused tons of upheaval, but might have ensured that her kids wouldn’t have to live in fear of their dad’s mood swings. My husband commented that he didn’t know what it was like to happily greet his dad when he got home from work/a trip.
A couple of his sisters ended up, even into late middle age, essentially siding with their dad (like a Stockholm syndrome kind of thing, as their dad had the power in the duo) against their mom, even despite one of the women claiming that she still sees a therapist due to his abusiveness. One did drugs for decades, another is a recovering alcoholic. My husband? He’s stopped seeing his mom as an innocent victim and has started resenting her for passing up numerous offers of help to get out of the marriage.
I know you’re trying to protect your son, but he’s already hurt. No kid should be scared of Mommy’s return home. Please look into what options are available.