This is really kind of sad but I couldn’t help wonder after reading this what it must have looked like to the police when they first showed up…
Billy
PHOENIX — Officers dispatched to what they thought was a domestic disturbance Monday night discovered a lone Mesa man fighting with himself, authorities said.
Though the original call reported a verbal argument between a man and a woman, police said they found the 21-year-old man arguing with himself, changing the pitch of his voice as he acted out each part.
The man was also destroying the inside of the apartment, officers said. He broke the front window as officers tried to calm him down and coax him out of the home, according to authorities.
A crisis team decided the man was a danger to himself and obtained a mental health pick up order, police said. The Mesa SWAT team responded and took the subject into custody.
July 3, 2008 at 12:08 am
OK so do each personality go to a different mental hospital?
July 3, 2008 at 1:50 am
It is very sad…when andy and I first started dating we invited the singles group in our church over to my place for dinner and we were very entertained by this one young man who did what you posted except he wasnt violent he went from one voice to the next in seconds and carried on a conversation with himself and had us cracking up the whole night none of us knew what to do other than just not move and laugh along with him it was kind of scary and he wouldnt stop until finally this girl he liked showed up and he just sat down and did not utter a single word the rest of the night..come to find out he was schizoprenic and had stopped taking his meds..it was a night that we will never forget..and till this day we pray for him for Gods wisdom in his life and those around him it is very sad to know that we laugh at what we dont understand a mental problems is one of many medical mysteries that we do not understand completely it has also been said by the church that this individuals are possessed…
Having worked with various mental patients i can say that they are the most lovable people i have met and when they are off their meds they become very disoriented and do things like violence to themselves or others..i would think that the police probably found it comical if they did not know about mental patients or if they did they found it necessary to intervine as they did to help him and those around him..
Have you seen the movie “sybil” very interesting..
sally field played the part sybil
July 3, 2008 at 4:59 pm
LOL!!! Ela that’s funny! Bet Fathers day is confusing in that house.
Griselda -we’ll talk more about that Friday night, sounds like you have lots of stories!
July 4, 2008 at 2:39 am
Thats for sure Bro. Bill we have lots of stories we should one day write a book ….being married to the same man for 17+ yrs and 5 children 2 from his first marriage and 3 together there sure are lots of stories to tell good and not so good…until then see ya nice knowing ya and to all a good night
your friends the threadgills
ps. i am starting to heart homestead..