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Originally Posted by growlycat
So awful-- When you are back at school maybe T can lay out the options out there to protect your brother.
If your mom cut you off, would dad support you in school? As long as you have one parent's support , that may be all you need.
The tricky thing is if both parents cut you off, you need to be prepared to support yourself. Filing a report on your brother's behalf may be the right thing to do, but there may be consequences.
Another possible option--if your brother is in this situation again, have him call you at school. Then what you should do is call the police in your mom's town to perform a "wellness check"--tell the police that your mom is unstable and your brother is scared.
A wellness check is a good way to check on anyone you may be worried about--having the police check in may halt her crazy behaviour for a short time.
Glad that you were in touch w/your T
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lol would my dad support me if my mom cut me off. My dad probably wouldn't remember I exist if it weren't for my mom. They are a package deal and they aren't about to split up. She says that to manipulate him. If I filed a report, that would completely screw me over in the long run and I'm not sure how my siblings would benefit from it either.
Yeah, I will tell him to call me. I think my mom being confronted by anyone with authority would end very badly though. It certainly wouldn't calm her down.
I think I might have scared the **** out of my T. I'm not really sure how coherent I was over the phone. I think I sounded like this panicked, emotional wreck hinting at suicide and saying I wouldn't go to the hospital if I needed it because I didn't go in the past. Oh well. It is probably good in the long run that she briefly experienced the full weight of my emotional distress when I'm here.
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Originally Posted by Bill3
I think that facing your mother's rage, with all that could mean for you, in order to protect your brother was courageous and worthy of praise.
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I guess. I still feel like as an adult I have a responsibility to protect those who can't protect themselves regardless of how scared I am.