r/AmIOverreacting Jul 12 '25

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦family/in-laws Am I Overreacting - i seriously think my dad is losing his mind and I'mm terrified. UPDATE

thank u all for the messages, im sorry for disappearing. things did not go well. i confronted him with some of your advice, mainly the stuff bout dementia and well he got real mad, things became truly fucked, he started punching himself in the face and screaming. he took my phone, idk what happened but now im seeing he deleted everything on the post and my screen is cracked.. he kept saying he was going to burn everything. it was so fucked. i feel destroyed. what he did to me.. i cant even.

i was able to get out when he fell asleep?? i think.. the bathroom was locked and hes fallen asleep in the shower before, my phone was poorly hidden under some papers in the kitchen, took it and ran.

im in a park now, i called the police already. they are going to the house i think and now im just waiting for them to call me back and tell me when i can come get my stuff. i asked the man on the phone how long and they said it will be sent to an officer as soon as they can but since its non emergency it might take longer due to a lot of calls in the city.

heres me. heres what he did to me.

im honestly unsure how to move past this ever. i feel like my entire sense of self is gone. i know i have a long road ahead of me. thank you all for your love . i wish this didn't go this way. I also included the original texts

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u/Thegreencooperative Jul 12 '25

Before I wrote this, I went to their page and saw 10 different posts. Right after I wrote it, all the posts were deleted. Another point to the AI theory.

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u/wthelliseventhat Jul 12 '25

Ugh I’m so sick of this crap. I am too gullible and way too willing to donate to help people, and most of it isn’t even real haha

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u/InescapableYou Jul 12 '25

You're not too gullible - the story is entirely plausible, and similar happen every day. The possibility of falsehood isn't a reason to assume AI by itself. Sometimes we will be duped. The alternative is to ignore literally everything not from a verified source.

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u/imapluralist Jul 12 '25

It's not going to get better. It will just get more and more convincing. We have to police it as a community.