Ok, here's the deal. My uncle is crazy. As far as I know, schitzophrenic, BPD, DID, and homicidal. He disappeared about a year ago. The highlights of his instability:
-My grandparents, mom, uncle, and I moved to the US in 1991. I was six. We were all living in a townhouse when we first arrived. My grandparents found a great apt. shortly after, leaving my mom and I living with my uncle. He was stuck watching me after school until my mom would get home. One day, I had cartoons on too loud. This resulted in him snapping and holding us hostage at knifepoint for hours, threatening to kill us, until my mom snuck away to call a taxi to take us to her employers' house, where we ended up living for a few months. If it wasn't for that lady, we would have been homeless. We lost everything, the possessions, the money, all our documents in that move.
-When I was 14, I got kidnapped and raped. That's when he disowned me.
-When I was 23, my grandfather had a heart attack. My uncle took this opportunity to steal his money, all of it. 30,000, which he was saving for me to get a condo.
-When my grandfather got out of the hospital, my uncle told him if he showed up at his house, he'd kill him.
-Around 2013, he disowned what was left of my family, his house got foreclosed, and he disappeared.
I'm sort of at a loss on whether or not to look for him. I'm still hurt/scared/betrayed by his actions, but as a nurse know that people with very little grip on reality aren't all that responsible for their actions. I see my choices as being:
-hire a pi to look for him and try to get the money back
-getting the police involved, so he can be committed and get meds
-get therapy to get over everything
-do nothing
What would you do if you were me? I'm still mad/sad/scared, but feel like shit for turning my back on someone who's blood to me. Any thoughts?





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I'm just one of those people who likes to believe no one is beyond redemption....well, he is. I'll just leave the situation in the hands of the higher power and worry about fixing the trauma the past and present actions of this person have had on me and my family.

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