There is a woman in my local town who is obviously very mentally unwell. She is very identifiable by the amount of bags she carries around with her. I do remember this woman when DD was a baby ( so 6 years ago) when she shouted at me for entering a café in town and said' I hope you're not going to bloody well breastfeed, you disgusting woman' I did not respond then, as I could see she was mentally ill.
She is very aggressive to everybody she encounters. I have seen her on several occasions around town, over the course of a few years being very vile and obnoxious to other complete strangers. An example is to turn on someone in a queue and say' don't you DARE look at me' .
Today she tried to pick a fight with me as we waited for a bus, but I just ignored her. My DD (6) was really upset and scared.
The bus journey today was very uncomfortable as she insulted pretty much everyone on the bus. She also placed her some of her bags in the aisle, so people were nearly tripping as they got off and on, but nobody wanted to say anything. Poor DD was really freaked out.
I saw her turn on two young girls aged about 13/14 and also an elderly lady who was small and frail looking. This can't be right.
So there you go. She is obviously in a bad, bad place, but I don't think that it is right that she has been allowed to wander around in such a state causing distress to others for so long.
So aibu to want to report her to the Mental Health services? But how do I do it, as I am not family and I am not known to this woman. I have a rough idea of where she lives, but I don't know her name.
If anyone who works in mental health can tell me their opinion too, it would be much appreciated
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Thornyrose7 · 25/03/2017 21:03
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