(February 18, 2016 at 11:59 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: I would also advise against calling the police; Scooby is right about some of the likely ramifications.
That said, it might be possible for us to track down and get in touch with his therapist via the resources available here, online. A simple call to the therapist, asking him to go visit the kid, would likely result in him being able to convey the problem. Then, if there's something that needs to be done about it, a professional (therapists are what are called "Mandated Reporters", meaning they must report crimes or abuse if they encounter it, and they are trained to recognize those situations and how to handle them) can do what is best for him.
I was thrown out of my parents' house at 17 because I ceased to be a Christian (wasn't even an atheist, yet!), and it was well over a decade before I developed cordial relations with them again. Avoid that, if you can, friend. Had I caught this thread sooner, I'd have advised you to "stay in the closet" about your beliefs until you leave the home.
Who's going to call the therapist? I do sincerely hope this can be resolved without a 911 call, but we don't know more than the information which GD is providing, and to see him tell it, the situation looks complicated. I just hope his half-brother, or some other adult who he's in contact with and isn't afraid of his mother will help him.
We've already been through this, so please don't let that dogshit-covered asshole Scooby establish the ad-hominem against those of us who have considered these ramifications responsibly! I can't tell GD what he should do, but it looks like he's in a bit of a situation being isolated from anybody like a school nurse who would help him, while unable to contact his doctor directly for help. It doesn't look like he has a very good home to lose when his own mother cares more about him paying lip service to her delusions than to his physical and mental health (he said she's cutting him off from treatment as leverage, and he's growing increasingly unstable). What I fear most for him is that a 911 call may be his last option, which would surely complicate his home life further, and even this may not get him the continuance of medicine which is needed if nobody who has the ball is competent to get him seen by a competent physician. We don't know if he is old enough to be thrown out on the street, and if not then he could end up in foster care (given that the supposedly responsible authorities actually do their jobs). It's too late for him to stay in the closet, and it's just morally wrong to advise any young person to compromise his honesty for security. I'm not saying I'd blame him for doing so, but the situation is just so complicated and wrong I can't see any advice being right either way.
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