Please help. I just attacked my mother.

yh but look what the mother has been through.. to raise u etc
he/she should take the dog to the vets but mum but mum is more important.

Your mother is stuck between a rock and a hard place with your brother, being her own flesh and blood it is understandable if she is 'protecting him' from being institutionalised or punished for what he is doing. However, causing your own pet dog to bleed and causing it to become lame is unacceptable, even when perpetrated by someone with a terrible mental illness such as schizophrenia and what is to say that your brother wont cause one of you to bleed and break someone's legs? Perhaps your brother needs the police/RSPCA to witness the results of his handiwork.

You should not have kicked your mother, although your response is an understandable (if misguided) action to the event. Unfortunately, violence can breed violence, and living in a household with violence can 'normalise' violence. It is good that you regret your actions and see that it is wrong. You do need to make it up to your mother and try not to do it again, however you need to be verbally assertive and state that you cannot stand by and accept animal abuse. You do need to accept that your mother is in a difficult position with your brother though!

So if he had hit his father this would be different?

If she's so caring, why did she let her mentally ill son who hurt the dog and family in the past take out a dog?

You can't really blame the brother since he has a mental condition but it was a clear case of neglect of an animal and of something of a lot of importance.

I cant believe what im reading on this thread. Some of you sad acts really need to sort your priorities out.

How can someone say to take the dog to the vets before speaking to your own mother, is that really how low some of you have been brought up that you care more about a dog than someone who brought you into this world?

Also someone saying to report the brother. The guy has a ****ing disability you complete bellend, how on earth can you report your own brother for the sake of a animal.

@mariam687 Please dont feel bad about what you said, infact i could not agree more. Your mum is lucky to have you

It's hard for a mother with a mentally ill son and from what this person is saying they feel really bad and knows what he did was wrong because she does care for him if you read the post

She isn't, and she definitely needs to re-evaluate the permissions she gives to her sons, but I think that most of us can agree that this doesn't warrant the guy kicking her.

I doubt any.. If I had a child who had mental illness, I would NEVER let him/her go anywhere alone, I'd be scared that something could happen to him/her or that they would do something to someone else.

It's obvious he loves the dog like a member of his family and can do stupid things when family members are abused.

So if he had hit his father this would be different?

Hi I'm sort of in shock at the moment. Sorry it's a long story but if you have any advice or comments I appreciate it.

My parents let my extremely aggressive schizophrenic brother take my elderly dog out. He has attacked her (and us) before and I've told my parents not to let him take her because his history. They let him take her anyway and when he returned hours later she was covered in some kind of gross sticky liquid and was dragging both her legs behind her one of which was covered in blood. My brother admitted she got in his way so he kicked her but he has obviously done much worse. She also refuses to eat anything, which is completely unlike her. When she came back in such a horrific state I asked my parents to do something like challenge him as to what exactly he did and to take her to the vet. They didn't care whatsoever and were more concerned with defendeding my brother because he's "mentally unwell". So I just snapped and kicked my mother twice as hard as I could asking her how she likes it. She looked at me in horror then started crying and I noticed two massive bruises come up within seconds.

I instantly regretted doing it and feel really guilty for causing my mum pain as I've never had an argument with her in all my 18 years. She's my best friend and I can't believe I did this. The other day I was violently ill and she took care of me all day and night even taking the day off of work.

My parents just left the house with my mum crying as she left. I feel so upset and guilty? How to I make this up to her? I know she feels incredibly betrayed by my violence.

PS I have phoned the emergency vets who advised me to monitor the dog until my parents come back and then try and bring her in later if she is still lame and/or not eating

Another element to this is no wonder your poor mother looked at you with horror when you kicked her! She is (was?) probably thankful she has a 'normal' non-violent son and this action adds an unnecessary worry to her plate. As much as it is unfair on you as well to have to witness such animal cruelty, you need to be part of the solution and not another problem! You need to show you are fully aware that violence is the wrong path for you to take as well. However, your brother needs 'dealing with,' his actions IMO have gone beyond the point where he should just be 'protected' at home as he is a danger to others. He is not entirely 'culpable' though because schizophrenia CAN make peopel do terrible things because their brain is 'not wired up correctly.'

Western first world folk tend to have a healthy love of animals..we love them and protect them as good human beings should. Not sure where you are from but i guess a different part of the world or from a non western culture/background

Mother is not injured and a little upset whereas dog is injured and in a lot of pain, for you to dismiss that is just unforgivable. I know my mother would never let anyone who's mentally ill nowhere near my pets but if she did that, I wouldn't kick her but really start questioning if she's really worth trusting.

Why do I feel like you're making it like dog's life is not so important

I really dislike people who think they are superior to pets when both are living creatures! So, imagine yourself in such situation, would you let your pet suffer whilst you were apologising to your mother? If yes, then I hope you never get pets because I do feel sorry for having such owner

im from the UK

lmao