My mam threatened to kill me this lunch time, if I showed up again at her bungalow. I realize it’s the altered-ego-state of her Dementia/Schizophrenia. The doctors haven’t diagnosed Dementia – but a close family friend who works as a social worker says it sounds like she’s got Lewy Body dementia.
I reported it to the Police – since I feel that it’s the first time she’s directly threatened to harm me. As I’m writing - the Police just ended a phone call. They were following up my report and taking note of the incident.
I’ve had reservations about her – ever since the time a couple of months back – when I found a kitchen knife in her hand bag and in her bedside drawers. Why would she need a carving knife in her bedroom?
A week or so ago, she admitted to the Psychiatrist that she does keep a knife and scissors in her bedroom. The reason is that she’s frightened of these “shadowy figures” that come and interfere with her sexually. These figures are of course – delusions; but to her – they are as real as you and me.
I have voiced my concerns to the support worker who comes now and then to visit my mam. She’s asked if I have told the Police how I feel. I haven’t mentioned it to the Police – since I didn’t want to escalate the problem and have my mam put in a home or worse. But now, I think – it’s getting serious. I’ve read somewhere that Schizophrenic mothers are more likely to kill their children, than strangers. So now – I take her threat seriously.
Has anyone had this same problem? What have the Police or Social Services done to help? In our case, the Care Coordinator and the Psychiatrist are just sitting around like moaners at their own funeral; they act like they can’t do anything without her permission. So she can do what she likes – as long as she does not harm anyone – yet.