I can say the father was not mentally ill and the correct term for it is mentally disturbed. If he was mentally ill, tanan unta patay.... apil ang pinakamanghuran diba? He was still in his right mind at that time and for sure kibaw jud to siya unsa to iya padung buhaton.
As we all know, the father suffered from a traumatic brain injury while he was working as a seaman.
According to doctors... HEAD injuries and mental or emotional pressure are just some of the reasons that provoke persons to lash out at others, including their loved ones. Behavorial Sciences said “psychiatric problems” usually have organic or functional causes.
Organic causes include head injuries, drug abuse, and infection, which can damage one’s thinking. Functional causes do not indicate an “identifiable reason” but could include “genetic (factors), pressure or frustrations in life.”
Persons who are not mentally sound, Obra said, may suffer from “pathological paranoia” and behave in a “delusional” fashion.
“Mohimo sila og mga butang tungod sa pagduda nga wala’y basis (They act in response to their suspicions, even when these are baseless),” he said.
Not all mental patients are insane. They could just be suffering from “anxiety, depression or mere insomnia.” Dr. Obra further said there are mental disorders that fall under the “culture-bound syndrome.”
Common in the Philippines, according to Dr. Obra, are persons who run amuck, going on a killing spree out of anger over perceived maltreatment.
“They would kill anyone who comes their way,” he said in Cebuano. “Even the animals.”
The US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke recommends testing by a neuropsychologist, as well as rehabilitation, for those who have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI)—such as those resulting from a fall.
It said that TBI patients have been known to suffer emotional or behavioral problems, including depression, anxiety, paranoia, insomnia, and mood swings.
So after the father had a traumatic brain injury and surgery, he was suffering from nervous breakdown which caused him to feel DEPRESSED (that he won't be able to work again as a seaman which was really his career), PATHOLOGICAL PARANOIA in a delusional fashion which causes JEALOUSY AND ANGER (due to suspicion, masuko dayon or magselos maskina baseless or dili tinuod) All of these started after the accident.
Shall we say, seloso na kaayo siya.... duda naay lain iya asawa.... if paranoid na jud ka, lisud jud kaayo na mawala ang idea na imong gi-perceive na tinuod.... so ang resulta mu-build up jud ang anger maskina wala siya proof naay lain iya asawa. in short, sa kalagot nya mao sad reason na mangdapat na siya.... and cguro if akoy anak and i know my mother is not doing anything wrong and what my father is thinking is not true, mulaban jud ko sa ako mama samot na if gidapatan nasad jud. and it didn't happen only 1s but many times.... so since musukol na iya mga anak nya, na feel nya MALTREATED/DISRESPECTED na siya sa family members.SELF PITY will come in. the feeling of REJECTION and DISREPECTED na, USELESSNESS, HOPELESSNESS (kay walay work and na-accidente siya) and mao na taken for granted na daw.... Filipinos are Catholics/Christians and we value/preserve our Filipino values jud especially the older generation... we believe in "HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER" kay naa sa 10 commandments... pero some children tries to express what they also feel and think. sometimes parents think of it as fighting back, nagsukol-sukol or disrespectful so mao sad guro na ingon sa uban na wala nay batasan ang mga anak. but what if they were just trying to express what they felt towards their father for beating them up and their mother for some baseless suspicions?
Pwede sad ingon ani nahitabo....
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