shotokansho
11-09-13, 10:00
Hi guys, I hope your all well :D
I have a problem, well half the people in our area do. On the school run in the morning there is a man, he is clearly mentally ill and has serious issues about being around people. The road down to school is quite narrow with hedges to one side and a very busy main road to the other, this is a very busy school access point. Well this man always chooses to come out at this time, when all the mums and dads (including myself) are taking their children to school.
When mums are trying to get past him with a pram and kids in tow he is so far in the bushes to avoid them. He tuts and swears and tells people to go away, but not so politely.
He has even gone as far as shaking his fist at a little girl on her way to school, they take that route every day and now the little girl is too frightened to walk past him. One day I was walking to school with my son and my sister with my niece and nephew and this man said something nasty to my little boy, he is only 9. I snapped and told him to get lost and he got quite aggressive and told me to F off and we ended up with an altercation in the street. In a way I felt guilty afterwards because I can tell he has a mental condition of some sort...Then I think 'well so do I'. I suffer with BPD and even though I am stable at the moment sometimes I can snap and lash out without thinking first, and that day when he was horrible to my son I couldn't help it, I couldn't control it.
Now I dread going to school and having to walk past him, not because he scares me as such but because I am worried that I may start something with him, because sometimes my BPD stops me from controlling my emotions. I'm highly anxious every morning. I feel sorry for my sister because she can't help going near her because she has my niece in a pram.
There have been several complaints about him to the school but they say they can't do anything. My sister phoned social services but they said that because they don't know who he is they can't do anything, they advised my sister to phone the police. She did this but they said they can't do anything either because he hasn't commited a crime, although they did say they would keep their eyes out.
So nothing has been done, this was months ago and he's still doing it. Showing threatening behaviour to children and adults alike. He maybe just needs a support worker or some kind of help. I can see it turning nasty, that someone will hit him for for threatening their child or he will lash out himself. He is intimidating and becoming a real problem for us mums and dads going to school.
Any suggestions anyone?
Kez x
I have a problem, well half the people in our area do. On the school run in the morning there is a man, he is clearly mentally ill and has serious issues about being around people. The road down to school is quite narrow with hedges to one side and a very busy main road to the other, this is a very busy school access point. Well this man always chooses to come out at this time, when all the mums and dads (including myself) are taking their children to school.
When mums are trying to get past him with a pram and kids in tow he is so far in the bushes to avoid them. He tuts and swears and tells people to go away, but not so politely.
He has even gone as far as shaking his fist at a little girl on her way to school, they take that route every day and now the little girl is too frightened to walk past him. One day I was walking to school with my son and my sister with my niece and nephew and this man said something nasty to my little boy, he is only 9. I snapped and told him to get lost and he got quite aggressive and told me to F off and we ended up with an altercation in the street. In a way I felt guilty afterwards because I can tell he has a mental condition of some sort...Then I think 'well so do I'. I suffer with BPD and even though I am stable at the moment sometimes I can snap and lash out without thinking first, and that day when he was horrible to my son I couldn't help it, I couldn't control it.
Now I dread going to school and having to walk past him, not because he scares me as such but because I am worried that I may start something with him, because sometimes my BPD stops me from controlling my emotions. I'm highly anxious every morning. I feel sorry for my sister because she can't help going near her because she has my niece in a pram.
There have been several complaints about him to the school but they say they can't do anything. My sister phoned social services but they said that because they don't know who he is they can't do anything, they advised my sister to phone the police. She did this but they said they can't do anything either because he hasn't commited a crime, although they did say they would keep their eyes out.
So nothing has been done, this was months ago and he's still doing it. Showing threatening behaviour to children and adults alike. He maybe just needs a support worker or some kind of help. I can see it turning nasty, that someone will hit him for for threatening their child or he will lash out himself. He is intimidating and becoming a real problem for us mums and dads going to school.
Any suggestions anyone?
Kez x