My dad has been acting strange lately. any help?

Question

He gets so mad sometimes for the stupidist reasons. he starts yelling and it pisses me off so bad i want to hit him or tell him off. of course i wouldnt do that but its the thoughts really. it used to be every once in a while but now its almost everyday. im gettin sick of it. some times i even feel like running away just be away from him. the other day he went on a buisiness trip for 2 days. i was so happy when i found that out. is that wrong of me? hes not abusive. but lately hes been takin it out on our dog. then he try to play it off by sayin " i didnt even hit her hard" or "i was just holding her". she just a puppy its not her fault she not house trained yet. we will probably have to sell her b/c we dont want her abused. can i have soem advice on how not to get mad at him or to explain to him that hes acting weird. and also hes been taking these herbalife vitamins or sumthin could that have something to do with it?

likes he not seriously hurting the dog. it was just oen time and he tried to stop here from peein on the floor. i talked to him about that and he aggree that it was bad. its not a cop situation if u kno what i mean.

also he has high blood pressure. could that have anyhthing to do with it?

Answer 1

Your Dad might be going through some really emotional stuff right now. I think that you should talk to your Mom and see what is going on. Maybe they are having problems. Maybe your Dad is drinking? Is your Dad taking any medications that causes him to act "different"? Perhaps he has a medical condition. I think that the best course of action would be to have your school guidance counselor schedule a conference with you and your dad and your mom. He/She can help by being a 3rd party to point out to your Dad that his behavior is frightening and could lead to abuse. She might have some good resources on Anger management classes or a good therapist that might be able to help you guys out. Explore your options. Give your Dad the benefit of the doubt. Also, I would give the puppy to a shelter immediately.

Answer 2

Pets... try this. may be the guy's puppy was sensing an earthquake or a tornado or some thing. however the Rapture heavily isn't likely an earthly project, so this is no longer possibly that this a dogs could "sense" it. The Bible additionally says that no-one will understand whilst the Rapture is going to return. there is not any attitude to "are looking forward to" it. individuals can *think* the Rapture could additionally be promptly via incontrovertible fact that of all the accepted failures and turmoil interior the international, yet persons were asserting that as quickly as you think approximately that Christ was crucified.

Answer 3

I don't want to tell you all the possibilities of why your dad would be acting that way. Because i don't want to get you all worked up about something that may not be true. Maybe if you really feel like running away, Tell your grandparents. Maybe you could stay with them. Take the dog too. it might help. But make sure to call him alot while your with your grandparents. It will make him feel better. Hope that helps!

Answer 4

I think that first of all you should tell him to stop hitting your dog because that is animal abuse and he could pay a penalty or go to jail for that and then second of all if I were you I would run away from home so that way he would probably learn to appreciate you more! ( if you do run away take your dog with you so it won't have to keep getting hit by your dad!!!)

Answer 5

How old is he, and how is his health? I went through the very same thing with my Dad a long time ago. After my father became sick, and went on disability, he became a changed and very bitter man. His language towards me was appalling.

Well, one day, I too was in a pissy mood and he pushed the wrong buttons at the wrong time. Man did I ever go off on him. It was totally uncharacteristic of me. It was ugly man.....down-right brutal. It almost came to blows. He challenged me & I took him up on it.

We didn't swing, but if he had swung, I probably would have seriously hurt him, I was that angry. Violently angry, like never before in my life. Mostly because I was his son, and to be spoken to like that over and over just built up to detonation.

So, rather than beat his brains out, I reared back and gave him the verbal blasting of a lifetime. I told him how I felt. I told him his way is not always right. I told him everything that built up for years man. When my mother defended him, I sailed into her too. I told her...."how many times have you told me if it wasn't for certain circumstances, you would have left him?"Then I called her a hypocrite, and challenged her to stand up now.

It was like I shot the both of them. We didn't speak for months man. It was ugly. I moved out & moved in with my girlfriend. As time went on, he realized how wrong he was, and the thought of losing my mom, the one true love & light in his life, woke his tail up. We patched things up. As he grew older & sicker, we grew closer. I took care of him as best I could till he died.

I'm not advising you to powerchoke him, or slam him as I did my Dad but, you can't stay quiet my friend. If you make the same mistake I did, you too may find yourself in such a rage one day, you may go over the edge & do something you would never dream of doing in a million years. Don't go there. Tell him in no uncertain terms you are hurt, and that hurting needs to stop. If that doesn't work, move out. Don't stay in a ticking time bomb situation.

Answer 6

my stepdad is the same way. he critizes me put me down in any way he can. talks about my real dad saying how he's a bad dad and on and on. i yell at him and tell him how much i hate him. he's abusive and my mom just stands back. she says she needs him but in reality she needs to leave him. i'm afraid of saying the wrong things cuz i know i'll get in trouble. i talk to my friends about it and they can't really help. i can tell me and you are in a opposite sorta problem but you could tell him how you feel about his anger issues if he's the type of person you can sit down and talk to. trust me running away doesn't do any good you always get caught sent off to juvey for about a week and have to go back home it's hell cuz it just makes your parents even more angry.

Answer 7

if he is abusin you rdog you need to to call the cops o him, theres no reason to take your anger out on a animal. But from what you've bee saying it souds like he is stressed or just has anger problems. I thin he needs to go to a shrink or a doctor and get some anti depresants.

Answer 8

In one sentence you said he wasn't abusive, but two seconds later you suggested you would have to sell a puppy because you didn't want her abused. You need help. Talk to a teacher at school, a priest or minister or if you can....to your Dad....let him know how his anger is upsetting you! If you can talk to your Dad.... perhaps it would help....If not find someone else, your Mom?

Answer 9

You say it's "lately" that this is happening?
Try to get to him when he's calm and just
ask if somethings bothering him. Ask what's
up that he's been so edgy lately.
It's a way of letting him know that he's affecting
others without challenging him.
If he's taking pills for something, he might be
feeling sick.

Answer 10

Your father is in pain for some reason.
He may or may not wish you to know what that pain is, but maybe it can help you to know that he is hurting.

Don't try to tell him he's acting weird or anything like that.
Tell him how his behaviour is making you feel, so that it's about you not about him. That will give him a chance to see what he is doing without feeling attacked.