Today, I found out my mom recently stopped taking her medication. I came home to find she'd shot my dog because she thought he was possessed by the devil. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my mother informed me that she sold my dog to pay off some bills. FML
Today, my mom was in a really bad mood, so I stayed in my room to avoid her. It didn't take long before she barged in and started bitching about my dog, who'd pissed her off by acting too happy. Yes, she's actually that insane, and I have to deal with it on a daily basis. FML
Today, I found my mom throwing my very expensive and important medication down the toilet. She thought I was doing drugs. FML
Today, my mother locked me out of the house. Why? The dog and her needed some time to talk. FML
Today, I was awoken by a conversation my mom was having with my dog upstairs. She was telling my dog that a ghost lives in our house. She was completely serious. The ghost even has a name and a backstory. FML
Today, my dog nearly died when my mom fed him chocolate. After finding out dogs are not supposed to eat chocolate, she promptly grounded me for not telling her. FML
Today, while I took my dog out, my mother began to cook, took a Xanax, locked the doors, and passed out. When I managed to get in, I called the paramedics because she was in the smoke for at least an hour. When she became conscious, she blamed me for everything. FML
Today, my mother called me at work, freaking out about my dog, so I panicked. What was wrong? He had a hard-on and she'd never seen that happen before. FML
Today, I called my mother to check up on her. Lately, she's been having some financial problems, so last week I sent her my last $100 to help her out until her next paycheck. She used the money to euthanize the family dog. FML
Today, my girlfriend whom I'm crazy about broke up with me out of the blue. After pleading with her unsuccessfully, I called my mom for comfort and advice. She informed me that my dog had died. FML
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juststephhere 23
Your mom needs some serious help, like I can't even believe that happened. That poor dog... Maybe get her to a doctor before something like this happens again...
urbantrashcan 18
This is one of my most horrifying things I've ever read. I'm so sorry.
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red_head_magee 7
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may your dog rest in peace OP and may your mom be arrested for murdering a dog
zyraxo 8
Being a huge animal lover, part of me agrees with this but at the same time I don't. She shouldn't be arrested seeing as she wasn't on her medication, she wasn't in the right state of mind. Some sort of action should be taken, however, but being arrested is not one of them.
iwadasn 33
73, she still needs to be held accountable for her actions. What if it had been a person she'd shot?
Kikiers21042 18
If they can prove it , they can say they were insane basically and mentally ill they will get punished but it's more like going to mental hospital and getting better not jail
iheartstupid 4
Yes, she should be arrested, without question. There seems to be more and more sympathy for people who don't take their medication when they have a diagnosed mental illness (and if this woman was on medications, she has been diagnosed and is supposed to be on treatment), and I think it's crap. Part of the responsibility for treatment lies in the person who is sick, and if she willingly stopped taking her meds, she damn sure is responsible for her actions while she was off them.
TheMathMajor 26
It could have been something as simple as she forgot to take them that day, or she was late to take them and then couldn't because her paranoia was preventing her from thinking "oh I need to take my meds." I'm definitely of the thinking that she needs help, not prison time. There are places she can go where people can keep an eye on her and make sure she is taking her medicine. Her going to prison might just make her illness much worse.
soulxreaperx356 9
you need to get her under psychiatric care immediately
sstahpp 33
what in the ****?!
DamagedSquare 11
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I'm sorry about your dog but i cant be the only one that thinks its just a little bit your fault for having a firearm in the house with a mentally ill person you are lucky that it was only the dog that got shot
rocker_chick23 27
How do you know OP had the gun in their house? The mom could have had her own gun.
interesting33 37
Hey, you need to get her committed immediately - as in, right now, so she can get the help she needs. Do you have somewhere you can stay tonight or someone to talk to? That is such a horrible experience I am so sorry, for you and your Mom and the dog.
XBurytheCastleX 25
Schizophrenia is not funny. Since she can't take her medications by herself, she needs to be put in a hospital. Please call up her worker.
proudsock 17
I'm sorry OP. Having a parent with mental illness can be rough and that's definitely extreme. My mother is Schizophrenic and has done some pretty twisted things when she's off her meds. Keep your head up, and I'm so sorry for the loss of your dog. Your mom needs some serious help.
homtravel 10
Add the meds into the stuff she eats or accompany her for some therapy. Or you can wait to be next up.
ontheFLY4 25
Mom or not, eye for an eye may be acceptable here.
FalloutScrolls 25
Get out of that house, and get that woman some psychiatric help, ASAP! This is seriously frightening.