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Originally Posted by Sam2
Without knowing why your father believes your neighbor is unstable or "insane" its hard to know what is going on.
Right now, the important things is how you are feeling. I would encourage you to take advantage of college counsellors to seek help for your feelings. It sounds like this may be the early onset of depression, and its far better to get it diagnosed and under control early. No one likes to think that they may have an emotional problem, but its worth checking out.
Sam2
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Thank you very much.
The reason my dad thinks the boys dad is unstable is in my eyes not right. We had them over for dinner one day when they first moved in and the dad came over drunk, he was definitely not right. Now this was the only time my dad met him, and first impressions are very important... My dad hates him now and hates when we go over to babysit.
The dad works out of his home so I see him quite a bit when I am babysitting. He is 100% normal when I see him, usually cooks me lunch and then goes back into his office, but totally normal definitely not drunk. Sometimes he goes on business trips and his wife has told me that he has anxiety problems when he goes in public places and he is not too good with people, so he takes pills before he goes on the trip.
There was another incident with my aunt and uncle who are also our neighbours.. He went over there drunk and asked if he could borrow their shotgun because there are a lot of coyotes around these days. They said yes and he did shoot some coyotes (in my area hunting is very common). After this incident was when my dad and I got into the big argument.
My dad says that the man is extremely unstable and something is wrong in his head. I think that he is probably an alcoholic but the reason people only see him when he is drunk is because drinking gives him the confidence to socially interact. I realize that my opinion is biased because of how much I love his son but my dad is being a little extreme, is he not?
My dad says that he could go crazy any moment and shoot everyone in the house and he doesn't want us going over there anymore. How am I supposed to just stop seeing someone I've practically raised? My dad is always saying why won't you believe me I say I do but how am I supposed to believe him and then live with the fact that the little boy I babysit could be in danger??
My dad says the man is dangerous so we can't do anything about it but we should no longer be in contact with them.
I can never get this situation off of my mind, it's a big weight on my shoulders. My dad has me scared... If something ever happened to the little 2 year old boy I don't know what I would do, definitely be a lot more depressed than I am now..........