My father just tried to kill himself...

If this does not belong here im sorry, i didn't know if i should post it here or somewhere else but this seems like a good place for advice. thanks.

I feel so depressed right now i don't know what the fuck to do. Earlier tonight him and my mother got in a fight and she said she wanted him to leave, he was drunk and on his meds (chronic pain patient) and totally went crazy, crazy like i have never seen. He got his gun and said he was going to "end it all", he then went to get the bullets but my mother and me stopped him. I ended up wrestling the gun away from him while he was going crazy and hid it so he could not get to it. After banging his head into the wall countless times (almost put a hole through the wall) he took out his knife and put it up to his neck screaming that he was going to kill himself. my mother put her hand in between the knife and his neck and he didn't know, and he accidentally cut her badly (to the bone). At that point i grabbed the knife and literally pried it out of his hand, finger by finger, blood all over all of us, all over the walls, floors, doors,etc.

After things were calmed down somewhat i helped my mother with her hand to stop the bleeding and she put my father in the shower to wash the blood off of him. It truly was an accident that she got cut, she was just trying to make sure he didn't slit his throat. I then ended up taking my mother to the hospital and brought my father too because we didn't trust him to be home by himself. She got fixed up and she's fine.

I don't know what the hell to do anymore, i have never ever been this depressed and just don't know what to do. Why does life have to be so fucking hard? I love them both to death and would like some advice. It felt good to write that out, thanks for listening.

 

I suggest you call the authorities and have your father placed in psychiatric custody before hes in JAIL or dead...

Hope things get better for you..

 

You need to do 3 things for yourself!! FAST
call for help for your Father
Call for help for your mother
and call for help for YOU
You don't necessarily have to like councellors prese but its letting it out
letting go
having someone there
whats happened in your life needs to be heard!!
I realize if certain things in your home situation get heard your father might end up in jail, but looking at the scenerio being an adult i would just ask if he be placed in the psych for evaluation maybe rehab as well is he an abuser for drugs as well as alcohol?
Maybe that needs to be resolved as well. In the end everything will turn out just make sure you call for help for your parents as well as your self

 

Mixing alcohol and pain killers doesn't work. It will make you go crazy. He needs help. Call you're local crisis hotline. If you can't find the number, call the police and they will give it to you.

From what you have said, I don't see any reason your father would go to jail. He really needs to get off the alcohol and/or the pain killers. He should check into a pain management clinic. They can help him manage the pain better without drugs.

 

i can add nothing to what the others have said.
the man is well on the road to madness!
i wish you and your mother the best of luck with him!

 

call a local mental health line

 

im so sorry, i cant even begin to imagine what that feels like... all i can say is that i agree with what everyone has said you need to find help for everyone in your immediate family. i hope that things get better for you... theres no doubt you've had a hard life i hope it gets better.

 

I'm so sorry. I would talk to a doctor about your father, perhaps talk with your mother either with a counselor or just one on one about the sutuation, and perhapos most importantly if you have an outlet in life, use it, if not, find an outlet. We all need a way to escape into this world. Art, music, nature, friends, sports, movies, coffe house, etc. Take care of yourself, you're important too. Have strength and you'll find your way to better times.

 

Three people hurtin'. I've been there. I'm quite familiar with that kind of situation. Do get help, whatever it takes. Gotta get help. I'm sorry. Things can and will get better with help.