Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

Charlie ~ and Whata SpoonStealer We are actually in North Austin. South Austin is considered to be the worst part of Austin. I live in one of those neighborhoods where it is expensive to live, then right across the street is section 8. We pay 1400 a month. In January we most likely will not be renewing our lease. We can rent a house in a decent neighborhood for what these apartments cost. The only reason we moved here is that my boyfriend's boss owned them and he wanted my boyfriend to manage them and gave us 400 hundred off the rent to do so. Now they've been sold and the rent is at full price, so no reason to stay, especially if it means dealing with this sort of crap.

When the police come, they just calm the guy. Last night is the perfect example. He called the police on my neighbor this time at around 1:30 a.m. I talked to them and told them my concerns about the kid and that I had already called child services and adult services, yet the kid is still there. They just told me to check on the case number I was given when I reported the issue. Then they asked my neighbor if they could go into is upper bedroom to prove to the guy that there was no radiation machine up there.

After that, they went back across the street and talked to the delusional guy, letting him know that there was no such thing across the street. In turn, the guy across the street kept trying to show the cops evidence he had been collecting, via iPhone pictures and video from his tablet. Yep, he's been walking back and forth videotaping our home and taking pictures pretty regularly.

After the cops left I could hear his son trying to talk him into more sane thinking, by trying to reason with him about what the cops said. Then the man started screaming at his son for close to an hour.

Sucks being the kind of person who can't turn a blind eye sometimes. I could have just gone inside like my neighbor did and ignore the rest of the incidents, but I was worried about the kid. I mean, I know what the kid is going through. It is so similar to what I experienced with my mother in regard to the living in fear and being screamed at for extended periods of time. I know what kind of trauma that causes and my heart hurts for this kid.

Plus, I understand the dangers of Schizophrenia if unmedicated. My mother's fourth husband had the diagnosis. He was a kind-hearted man, but when off his medication a danger to himself and others. In a delusional state he tried to push my mother off of a roof once, then another time tried to stab her. I guess I feel like not doing something and ignoring it is the same as those who did such when I was a kid.

Anyway, you both have some excellent suggestions. I'm going to definitely try all of them. Thanks for giving me more ideas to work with.










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