[mac17327]

my adult 31yr old son came into my bedroom while sleeping,after my spouse had told him i was sleeping,hits me within his cell phone several times on arm,i told him to leave,he wouldn't,again, he wouldn't.in anger i swept pictures and things i had on my desk off of it to the floor. Please let me explain a little more detail as to why i did what i did. he opened a closed door,turns on light,hits me with phone till i wake up,i cant believe hes doing what he is doing,asked him to leave ,told him to leave,At this time i stood up,i sleep in my birthday suit,covered by blanket, the blanket fell to the floor which leaves me standing there in birth day suit in front of son. I know if i ever saw my father,God rest his Soul,in his birthday suit,i would be out of room so fast,that would do it. He remains,he sees me get angrier and sweep things off my desk,i figured that would make him leave,he still stayed instigating me further,i went toward him to move him out of room which to my horror he punched me, how could a son punch his father, i began to scream,cry etc... as how could he punch his father,well after receiving several punches i had to defend myself and much to my disappointment hit him back,he had me up on my bed still beating me,punched me off of bed and i fell into wall and closet door which broke.I was out of breath at this point due to heart attacks,open heart surgery,etc and he kept on punching me,i remember saying,go ahead,keep hitting me while i was down on floor,defenseless. This was over the fact that i told my wife a crime he had done and he told me not to tell her,it was a vandalism type thing.i I have to appear in court which is unbelievable as to i broke a my picture frame in my house. I suffer from major depression,anxiety disorder,mild agoraphobia,ptsd etc...This life changing event is consuming my soul. any advice would be greatly appreciated,sorry so long

[lynn P.]

Welcome to C mac17327 - so sorry you had to endure this traumatic event. Why do you have to appear in court? Does your son live with you?? If he does, I think you should have him leave and change the locks on the house. It was wrong of him to confront you when you were sleeping and make you feel defensive. Do you have a therapist and in treatment for the issues you mentioned? I hope you can heal from this ordeal.

[Open Eyes]

(((mac))) welcome to PC. I am very sorry that your son struck you like that. I am sorry that you are struggling with your mental health as well.

How are you now? Are you ok? No broken bones etc? Do you have someone that can help you and calm you down?

I understand that you are very upset by this, do you have a therapist that can help you work through this? There must be more to your son's anger than just you revealing how he commited a crime. It sounds like your son needs help as well and has a strong anger issue of somekind that is more than just about you talking about his crime.

Some people do their best with their children and they can still have issues with themselves that make them angry and resentful.

We are here to listen if you need to talk some more. We are not therapists or anything but we will offer our support as best as we can.

Open Eyes