stevekc
New member
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2012
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 12/2012
- Country
- US
- State
- Kansas
- City
- Kansas City
I'm sorry your family is going through this. It sounds, from your description, that this is not really an ALS problem per se. It's an anger issue of a man whose been mad for a very long time for whatever reasons; but now he has something to be mad about. As his family, you do NOT have a duty to be destroyed by his disease.
He needs to be made to understand that you know he's going through something very difficult, but you, your Mom nor anyone else will stand silently by and be abused.
Therefore, he can help himself by controlling his behavior in which case your Mom, your brother, you and whomever else will be more than happy to ease his suffering as much as you can. OR, if he chooses not to control his abusive outbursts, he can suffer alone and without assistance.
It won't take long to see which way he wants to pursue.
Good luck. Either way - follow through - it's his decision, not yours.
He needs to be made to understand that you know he's going through something very difficult, but you, your Mom nor anyone else will stand silently by and be abused.
Therefore, he can help himself by controlling his behavior in which case your Mom, your brother, you and whomever else will be more than happy to ease his suffering as much as you can. OR, if he chooses not to control his abusive outbursts, he can suffer alone and without assistance.
It won't take long to see which way he wants to pursue.
Good luck. Either way - follow through - it's his decision, not yours.