12) Cody Trouble

Cody graduated high school in May and my family was eager for him to get to college. Joe (his father) settled on Schreiner University in Kerrville because it advertised programs for students with learning disabilities. Cody struggled with his classes. His anxiety manifested into a physical form, the inability to speak. He woke with the inability to speak on test days.

The school called the family and Beverly (Cody's step-mother) visited the school. She discovered he was stressed because of his Research Writing class. After much thought the family okayed him dropping the class.

Cody continued to struggle with his other three classes. He failed his exams and lied about it (first time he has lied to anyone in the family).

On Friday while hanging out in the common room another student approached Cody and his roommate Will. Both are religious people. This student challenged them into a religious discussion. The discussion turned to an argument, which eventually turned into a name calling catastrophe. Cody left the room and returned to his dorm with Will.

It was at this time that Will noticed a change in Cody's demeanor. His face took on a different expression, as did the tone and inflections of his voice. Will asked Cody what was wrong. Cody replied, "I am not Cody. I am Victor Snow."

Cody experienced a disassociative identity crisis of some kind. While being Victor Snow he explained to Will how he planned to kill the student who they argued with earlier. Will then went to the RA and turned Cody in (which was the right thing to do). The RA called the hospital and the school expelled Cody.

Joe picked Cody up from Kerrville at 4 in the morning and took him back home. Stephen and I drove to Livingston to help and support in any way we could. Nothing much has been decided. There is much going on here that I will go into later. The first step is getting Cody to a professional who can properly diagnose and prescribe medication for the problems Cody is experiencing.

I will go more into this later...