Sylver1975
05-01-16, 11:00
Dad has depression, has done for 15 years + now. Christmas is always a bad time, he loves it but almost inevitably the high of the build up and the overindulgence in alcohol over the period results in a January low. Since New Years Eve he's been barely communicating, basically will just bark replies to my mother or me and my siblings (we're all grown up and not living at home) Yesterday I asked him if he was ok, was he down in the dumps, etc and he just shouted at me angrily. It's like he thinks we've done something to make him angry, though none of us know what. I know from past experience he will probably pull out of this eventually but I can't help worrying, not just about him but my poor mum having to live with him behaving like this. I have GAD myself and hate Christmas because of Dad's behaviour causing trouble most years but I don't know how to switch off. I go there at lunch time (they live near my work) and really don't want to go but feel if I don't my mum will wonder why not and she probably needs the support and distraction from living with this thunderously angry man.
Ever wish you could just fast-forward in time? I do, to a few weeks time when (hopefully) this will have resolved itself.
Ever wish you could just fast-forward in time? I do, to a few weeks time when (hopefully) this will have resolved itself.