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Wrongly accused.

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4thfloorbungalow · 16/02/2024 18:26

Hi all.

For most of my life and since childhood, anything that was damaged or broken in my parent's house was always blamed on me. Into my teen years it was the same, but as I looked very alike another lad who lived nearby and was a bit of a tearaway, anything he did, was blamed on me and instead of my parents questioning my accusers and talking to me about it, they just accepted that I was guilty and I suffered at the hands of my father. This has basically carried on and even though I'm now in my 60's, it's never left me. Last Sunday, someone waited till dark and left a bunch of flowers and a card at an ex-girlfriends house, knocked on the door and ran off, my ex was looking out of an upstairs window, saw who it was assumed it was me then went to check at the door. Here was a card and flowers, but there was no writing or message on either.

This happened around 5.30 and within minutes she was on the phone to me and did she give me some grief. I told her that I was actually at home and some 30 miles away, plus, I'd not been out off the house all day. I told her I'd take some pictures of the current TV programmes and the clocks on the cooker/microwave, showing the time, I even showed her the footage from the CCTV that's linked to my TV. I did this and called her back, but she was still insistent that I'd done it, had driven home. She couldn't get it into her head that there was no way I could cover 30 miles in a matter of minutes, she knows the trip takes me 45-60 minutes, depending on the traffic.

Here I am, just turned 63 years old and still being blamed for things I haven't done, I cannot escape the false accusations and the last few days has really taken it's toll on me, I'm fed up and sickened off to the point where I don't want to be here anymore. Even with proof from the CCTV covering every part of my house, I'll always be the guilty party.

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supercatlady · 16/02/2024 18:30

what happened was really unfair and I’m sorry it’s left you feeling so low. Would it help to consider that your ex is likely reacting to something in her history too?
Do you have anyone you can talk to in real life about how low you are feeling?

determinedtomakethiswork · 16/02/2024 18:35

Do you have a history of mental illness? You are now 63 and blaming something that happened on events that used to happen in your youth. Your girlfriend sounds a bit nuts to be honest and not the healthiest person for you to be with.

LilyMumsnet · 16/02/2024 18:50

Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way.

We hope you don't mind, but when these threads are flagged up to us we usually add a link to our Mental Health resources. You can also go to the Samaritans website or email them on [email protected]. Support from other Mumsnetters is great and we really hope you will be able to take some comfort from your fellow posters, but as other MNers will tell you, it's really a good idea to seek RL help and support as well.

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2024horizons · 16/02/2024 19:08

It sounds like your ex girlfriend has a problem. However you can't shake it from your head, understandably being wrongfully accused is unpleasant. Its also triggered the past for you. The samaritans are really helpful for talking to. I think you also need to do something positive for yourself to boost your brain chemicals and get you out of dwelling on the interaction.

4thfloorbungalow · 16/02/2024 19:38

Do you have a history of mental illness? You are now 63 and blaming something that happened on events that used to happen in your youth. Your girlfriend sounds a bit nuts to be honest and not the healthiest person for you to be with.

I can confirm that I have, I suffered 2 seizures on consecutive days in late 2016, this affected my memory most of all, when I was beginning to recall some history, I thought it was 1984 and I was 23, I happened to be 56. This had a big effect on me, as her I am over 7 years on, I can have glimmers of a memory, but I cannot bring anything relating to it to become more clearer/vivid and it is very frustrating, so how much of my memory is still intact and what has been erased, I have no idea, but it plagues me each and every day.

More recently, I've been diagnosed as a very high functioning autistic, this came about from watching my kids and their behaviour, many things they did echoed mine, the ex and I had them assessed and they are both on the spectrum and were given all the help available. A few years later, I got to wondering if I might be suffering the same condition and I decided to do some research, I contacted my doctor and gave him a list of the things I did (stims and behaviour etc), he sent me to the mental health team, I spent a few days with them and in tests, I scored 87%, this terrified me, as I was thinking that I'd "blessed" my kids with a condition they'd have to live with and that I'd endured all my life, without knowing and without help and I'm still going through it.

The majority of time I'm a very level headed guy, not aggressive or nasty, very easy going, can hold a conversation with anyone, love to laugh and make others laugh, but at the same time, engage in serious talk when required, so all in all, a normal bloke. However, it's when the accusations and blame starts that I get my back up, I can take it for so long and give a verbal warning that people are pushing their luck, over time, I've learned not to argue with people, I prefer to walk away from conflict and get out of the situation, many have called me chicken, but don't understand why I do that, despite me telling them many times and that fact I have been pushed to far and into "flight or fight mode", it's when the "flight mode" fails to engage that the atmosphere changes. I know it's all about control and I should be able to keep my anger at a low level, but when the dog has been kicked too many times, it can bite and with me being trained in two martial arts to a mid to high standard, things can get out of hand very quickly. Then when everything simmers down, the blame game starts again and the "flight mode" kicks in. This sets off my guilt and a cannot leave the house for 2-3 weeks at a time, for fear of me losing my temper again.

It's horrible, completely and utterly horrible, I'm not the one who caused the trouble, but I am the one who ended it, still get the blame and accused of being a trouble causer, no wonder I prefer to live like a hermit.

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Eyesopenwideawake · 16/02/2024 22:50

I am so sorry for the torment you've suffered. It wasn't your fault. I worked with someone a couple of years ago who was your (our) age who was petrified of incurring his father's anger to a point where he couldn't ask his bank to make good a mistake they'd made. His father had died many years ago.

You can fix this.

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