- Jul 1, 2011
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His actions and mother's sounds just like my nephew's. Behaviour like this goes back to birth. He actions from toddler aged was excused first as being a real 'boy' to just being a bit wild. His Mom (whom we now strongly suspect as being addicted to alcohol when pregnant) I think felt protective and guilty and it escalated enough where rational thought was crushed as he learned manipulative skills and plain old bullying. We were not aware of the extent of his bullying as her health declined. His mental state declined to the point where everything revolved around what HE wanted, but only according to what he could understand. He lived with her, and they lived on the outskirts of a small town. He was banished from many public establishements because of his temper general behaviour. When his health physically deteriourated, he'd disappear for days, warn his mother (now partially bedridden) that she was not to leave her room, and leave. She tried to manuver her way out, but there was so much physical garbage, stuff piled everywhere, boxes, junk, that trying to reach the phone, she fell between stuff and couldn't get up. She was there for nearly three days before a relative, worried because she wasn't answering the phone broke into the house. In the meantime, he needed surgery, and his mental state, he took the bus, checked in, was supposed to stay in the hospital for at least three days to recover, woke in recovery, decided he was fine, unhooked everything and took the bus back home. Got lost, spent two days on the streets 'somewhere' where people avoided him, then managed to get home. Family got him back to the hospital where he never recovered. The house was so bad, they had cats, never cleaned up after them, the floor was actually mushy. Had to tear down the house. Mom never recovered, and died a year later. This is mental illness.