My eyes are swelled almost shut....
My emotions are all over the place. Today I can't stop crying because I am so heartbroken. I just cannot believe he started lying about me. One minute I just want to move out into my own apartment with T-man to get away from this nightmare. The next I want to just get him back and put him into counseling or maybe an in-patient facility for children. My mother-in-law suggested that. Not that I hadn't thought it already, I just hadn't said it out-loud. My stepson (today I don't know what to call him. C-man was a term of endearment on this blog and Damien sounds so harsh) is showing signs (more obvious signs) of mental illness or severe emotional problems at the very least, everyday. His mother is getting a check from SSI for mental illness and so is my husbands real mother. Maybe he has inherited something. Or maybe living with his mother for the first 7 years of his life has done such damage that... well I don't want to think it is permanent but it seems like nothing and no amount of love is changing it. He just seems to be getting more troubled and dangerous. He absolutely knows what these kind of accusations could do. We have told him that if his mother tries to get him to lie about us to tell us immediately because one of us could be thrown into prison, that we could lose our jobs and our home. Yet he went over there and started making false child abuse accusations. It just seems so pathological, calculating and down right... evil (for lack of a better word).
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Hi Squirrel,
Stopping by to wish you a safe and Happy New Year. I am done with 2007 myself.
Oh shit! I am so sorry to see the stink stir up again. I agree with Mr. Fab, I think the bad genes of mental illness has passes onto "Damien". This is horrid and your husband better get that brat to the psychiatrist right away. He is indeed ill. I worked in the mental health field and he needs to get this under control before he gets older. He seems to exhibit sociopathic tendencies.
My prayers are with you.
Take care and see you next year. It will be nice to get back to a regular routine with the holidays over.
Posted by: Titania Starlight | December 30, 2007 at 05:08 PM
Okay honey, did Rabid Squirrel do any drugs while she was pregnant with him? If she did, what he is going through now can be a result of this.
He is going to need intensive counseling. In-patient is not out of the realm of thought.
Posted by: TrishK | December 30, 2007 at 09:41 PM
My dearest Squirrel, I'm sorry that the year has ending this way for you. I can see it's placing a great strain. You've done so much for your stepson, only to be paid back in the way you have.
He clearly has major problems that has started when he was very young with his mother.
You and your hubby need to work closely together to overcome this and not to let him win and get what he wants.
I wish you a fortuitous 2008.
Posted by: Jean-Luc Picard | December 31, 2007 at 05:10 AM
And to think I only came in to wish you a Happy New Year. Well that wish comes with more meaning now as I hope you find the inner strenght you need to deal with your recent situation. I hope you can remain calm and lever headed so you can beat this and put it behind you. Life is good but unfortunately it has it's bad times, this one will pass too, just give it time.
Posted by: Jose | December 31, 2007 at 05:01 PM