catw
November 2nd, 2012, 11:09 AM
Firstly hi i havent been on here in waaay too long but wasnt sure where else to go.
I am really worried about my housemate.
We had been drinking most of the evening as we had been hosting a party at our house. In the early hours of the morning about 2ish i think my friends, call her Sally, came into my room really upset and crying. Obviously i asked her what was wrong and she explained about a bit of her childhood. She'd had a pretty rough time, her mum had been an alcoholic and one of her ex partners hitting her. Shes been really bout one of our other house mates drinking and is concerned about her, but i don't think she has anything to worry about.
She eventually calmed down a lot and said she wanted to go for a walk round the block just to clear her head a little. I wasn't so keen on this idea seeing as it was the early hours and we live in quite a rough area. Anyway she went and came and went straight up to the bathroom and was crying her eyes out again so i went up to her, she was on the phone to her step dad getting quiet hysterical. I spoke to her step dad on the phone and he said she had probably just got to drunk and i need to give her some water, calm her down and get her into bed. One of my other housemates came and asked what was wrong and Sally grabbed onto her arms and was digging her nails into her arm quite hard still being hysterical. She asked to her to let go and she did and stepped into the shower. Sally was hitting the shower repeatedly and trying to hit her head against the shower wall. i stepped into give her a bear hug so she couldn't hurt herself.
One of my housemates boyfriends then came into find out what the noise was and he grabbed hold of her as i was struggling because im only little and she quite a big girl. I managed to get her phone from her and rung her step dad again to ask for advice what to do as she seemed to be struggling to breathe and was screaming and was extremely hysterical and i know she has done this at home before. He suggested trying to calm her down and if we couldn't then we need to call an ambulance for her.
We managed to get her downstairs where there was more space as the bathroom we were in was extremely cramped. WE got her on to the kitchen floor and she was screaming and screaming and trying to hurt herself by hitting kicking and head butting. One of us sat on her legs whilst sh was trying to slam them into the floor and walls and i held on to her arms cos she was trying to hit us and anything she could come into contact with and my housemates boyfriend was supporting her head which she was trying to slam into the floor. She was still screaming and shouting but you couldn't understand what she was saying. he need keep calming down enough to ask for me and Charlie but was then hysterical again when we tried speaking to her. We tried releasing her in case she was frustrated been held down but she continued to try and hurt herself when we let go, tried talking to her, tried not speaking at all but nothing would clam her down.
The ambulance eventually arrived with the police because she was been violet. She calmed down a little by that point and had stopped trying to hit us but i was still supporting her head on my knees. The police took her out and she calmed down more and we agreed we were happy for her to com back in (otherwise they were going to arrest her) she went down to her room quite quietly and asked for me to come down with her and was quite relaxed and appeared not to really comprehend what she had been doing.
Eventually left her to sleep and in the morning she knew she had had what she called a little meltdown and felt better for it but could really remember what had happened. I explained what had happened and that she had been hitting, biting and kicking us and the majority of us where bruised and aching. She didn't seem concerned at all about what happened and didn't see it as something to be concerned about.
I know you guys aren't qualified to tell me whats wrong but i'd love some ideas about what is or suggestions about what to do if it happens again
I am really worried about my housemate.
We had been drinking most of the evening as we had been hosting a party at our house. In the early hours of the morning about 2ish i think my friends, call her Sally, came into my room really upset and crying. Obviously i asked her what was wrong and she explained about a bit of her childhood. She'd had a pretty rough time, her mum had been an alcoholic and one of her ex partners hitting her. Shes been really bout one of our other house mates drinking and is concerned about her, but i don't think she has anything to worry about.
She eventually calmed down a lot and said she wanted to go for a walk round the block just to clear her head a little. I wasn't so keen on this idea seeing as it was the early hours and we live in quite a rough area. Anyway she went and came and went straight up to the bathroom and was crying her eyes out again so i went up to her, she was on the phone to her step dad getting quiet hysterical. I spoke to her step dad on the phone and he said she had probably just got to drunk and i need to give her some water, calm her down and get her into bed. One of my other housemates came and asked what was wrong and Sally grabbed onto her arms and was digging her nails into her arm quite hard still being hysterical. She asked to her to let go and she did and stepped into the shower. Sally was hitting the shower repeatedly and trying to hit her head against the shower wall. i stepped into give her a bear hug so she couldn't hurt herself.
One of my housemates boyfriends then came into find out what the noise was and he grabbed hold of her as i was struggling because im only little and she quite a big girl. I managed to get her phone from her and rung her step dad again to ask for advice what to do as she seemed to be struggling to breathe and was screaming and was extremely hysterical and i know she has done this at home before. He suggested trying to calm her down and if we couldn't then we need to call an ambulance for her.
We managed to get her downstairs where there was more space as the bathroom we were in was extremely cramped. WE got her on to the kitchen floor and she was screaming and screaming and trying to hurt herself by hitting kicking and head butting. One of us sat on her legs whilst sh was trying to slam them into the floor and walls and i held on to her arms cos she was trying to hit us and anything she could come into contact with and my housemates boyfriend was supporting her head which she was trying to slam into the floor. She was still screaming and shouting but you couldn't understand what she was saying. he need keep calming down enough to ask for me and Charlie but was then hysterical again when we tried speaking to her. We tried releasing her in case she was frustrated been held down but she continued to try and hurt herself when we let go, tried talking to her, tried not speaking at all but nothing would clam her down.
The ambulance eventually arrived with the police because she was been violet. She calmed down a little by that point and had stopped trying to hit us but i was still supporting her head on my knees. The police took her out and she calmed down more and we agreed we were happy for her to com back in (otherwise they were going to arrest her) she went down to her room quite quietly and asked for me to come down with her and was quite relaxed and appeared not to really comprehend what she had been doing.
Eventually left her to sleep and in the morning she knew she had had what she called a little meltdown and felt better for it but could really remember what had happened. I explained what had happened and that she had been hitting, biting and kicking us and the majority of us where bruised and aching. She didn't seem concerned at all about what happened and didn't see it as something to be concerned about.
I know you guys aren't qualified to tell me whats wrong but i'd love some ideas about what is or suggestions about what to do if it happens again