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My brother the tramp
My brother has a condition called cluster ‘b’, its basically a mental condition that means he isn’t able to control his emotions. He has very, very dark thoughts and these manifest in the form of violence towards others. I grew up in a household where it was a regular event to receive a tremedous beating from this person. One time he collected together my three pet rabbits and made me watch as he repeatedly hit them with a shovel – I can still hear the squeals as they died in agony. My parents tried to get him to go and seek medical help, but he point blank refused and on the few occasions he actually got as far as a doctors waiting room he’d cause a scene and leave. Then at the age of eighteen he left my life. Turns out he was living on the continent. I did a google search for his name a couple of years ago and discovered he’d made quite a name for himself as a web designer; he was officially a success. I checked out his personal website. He had a wife and four kids; I was an uncle and I didn’t even know it.
Then, a year ago, while I was checking out his website out of curiosity, I discovered he’s been officially diagonosed with cluster ‘b’. The statement on his website goes onto explain that this diagnosis came about as a result of him beating his wife to a pulp and getting arrested. She’s now his ex-wife. He’s now a derelict living somewhere in a Scandinavian country (where his wife and kids were born). I found out he was living on the streets from a family member, an aunt, who says he’s not that bad now he’s getting treatment.
Strange thing is I don’t know what to think or feel about this. And to make matters stranger, he contacted me recently via email. He wants to make amends for the shit he caused in the family over the years. He wants to asuage his guilt, I think. He basically wants to give me £100,000 as a ‘sorry’. Not sure what to make of this. It would seem he doesn’t need to live on the streets if he’s got this sort of cash (and he has – he was VERY successful). I just don’t know what to do about it.
(Mon 6th Jul 2009, 10:25, More)
My brother the tramp
My brother has a condition called cluster ‘b’, its basically a mental condition that means he isn’t able to control his emotions. He has very, very dark thoughts and these manifest in the form of violence towards others. I grew up in a household where it was a regular event to receive a tremedous beating from this person. One time he collected together my three pet rabbits and made me watch as he repeatedly hit them with a shovel – I can still hear the squeals as they died in agony. My parents tried to get him to go and seek medical help, but he point blank refused and on the few occasions he actually got as far as a doctors waiting room he’d cause a scene and leave. Then at the age of eighteen he left my life. Turns out he was living on the continent. I did a google search for his name a couple of years ago and discovered he’d made quite a name for himself as a web designer; he was officially a success. I checked out his personal website. He had a wife and four kids; I was an uncle and I didn’t even know it.
Then, a year ago, while I was checking out his website out of curiosity, I discovered he’s been officially diagonosed with cluster ‘b’. The statement on his website goes onto explain that this diagnosis came about as a result of him beating his wife to a pulp and getting arrested. She’s now his ex-wife. He’s now a derelict living somewhere in a Scandinavian country (where his wife and kids were born). I found out he was living on the streets from a family member, an aunt, who says he’s not that bad now he’s getting treatment.
Strange thing is I don’t know what to think or feel about this. And to make matters stranger, he contacted me recently via email. He wants to make amends for the shit he caused in the family over the years. He wants to asuage his guilt, I think. He basically wants to give me £100,000 as a ‘sorry’. Not sure what to make of this. It would seem he doesn’t need to live on the streets if he’s got this sort of cash (and he has – he was VERY successful). I just don’t know what to do about it.
(Mon 6th Jul 2009, 10:25, More)