fandj03

Thanks for your replies. He's never done any of this stuff until recently!!! NEVER! But, I have been scared of where it might progress to. Other than these incidents, most of the time, we just do the things we have to do(eat, etc.) and don't really speak to each other. I've been told that the bipolar disorder runs in the family, and it's in his. So, maybe this is just the beginning. My father is bipolar, and it's not pretty when he doesn't take his meds. He never physically abused us, though. His abuse was mental. Neither me nor my bros have shown any signs of becoming bipolar, though. This makes my mother think he's schizophrenic(that was the original diagnosis, but they changed it later on). I just don't want my kids to go through what I went through, except, as I said, the abuse I suffered was more like mental. But where will it end? Up until the past month, everything has been fine, boring, and sort of separate. We just don't talk. Of course, we don't have much time since we both work. It's just like we're two acquaintances living in the same house instead of husband and wife. I've decided to tell him tonight, though, instead of tomorrow. He's off work tomorrow, and if he suffers any at all, I'd rather him not go to work while he's in pain.