My son, Cameron, has major anger issues.
Get the (beep) away
from me right (beep).
He rages, swears at us, calls us names.
Stop talkin' to me (beep).
He just will say the nastiest, meanest,
hurtful thing that pops into his head.
You both are functioning alcoholics and druggies.
"You're the worst.
You're not my real father.
I hope you die."
He goes into this rage and it's almost like
this redness goes in front of his eyes.
Cameron's behavior has created quite
a toxic environment in our home.
The police have been called to our house multiple times.
Cameron himself has called the police a couple of times.
He's developed this sort of,
I want to call it paranoia or fear
that there's people after him.
Who's gonna kill you? I have a list.
That's why I make (beep) statements!
That's why I called (beep) 911 and I will again!
Before Cameron left for LA,
he was in a full mental episode.
He was paranoid.
He stayed up all night.
Didn't even really sleep during the day.
He took scissors to his hair and started cutting off all
his hair so that he could be unrecognizable.
The police came and then he got very angry at them
and started yelling at them and he was out of control.
So they took him and handcuffed him
and took him to a mental hospital.
When Cameron got out of the hospital,
Cameron said he wanted to go up to LA.
He wanted to get a job and pursue something in music,
which is what he loves to do.
I bought Cameron a plane ticket and he packed his bags.
It's hardly any clothes, a lot of music equipment.
And he headed out to LA.
Within a week, Cameron was lost and was taken
to the hospital by ambulance.
My son was wandering the streets of Los Angeles
and Hollywood for 24 hours.
I thought he was dead.
A man called me and said,
"I found your son passed out on a lawn."
He said, he's called an ambulance.
He told me what hospital Cameron was gonna be at.
And I begged the man to please tell Cameron,
I'm coming out there.
When I first saw Cameron in the hospital,
all he did was sit slumped over,
staring at the ground or staring at a wall.
I'm too afraid to have him back home with us right now.
If he just comes back after all these incidents we've
had out in California, I would be scared.
Well, Bart, Sarah, I'm really glad you're here.
Glad to be here. I truly am.
Thank you.
You guys are just worn out, right?
Definitely. He's just worn you
to a frazzle. Yes.
Yes.
Bart, this is not your biological son.
That's correct.
But as far as you're concerned, he is your son.
Yes.
And you adopted him at a young age and to you,
you're 100% in and you,
you have no doubts of that whatsoever.
None, none.
No, he's been wonderful.
And he said horrible things to his mother.
You said he says the worst things imaginable.
He said, he hopes you die.
Yeah. Hopes you both die.
And that he would just (beep) on your grave.
Basically, yes. To quote him.
I'll spit on your grave.
I won't be at your funeral, you know?
Okay, I'm really trying to understand what
your thought process was in buying him a one-way ticket
to LA because the kid is clearly in meltdown.
Right. He's shaving his head,
the cops have come.
It's not like, "Gee, Mom, Dad, I've planned an itinerary.
Here's my plan when I get there,
this is the budget I've worked out.
I have a job lined up.
I have this, I have that."
You put him on a one way ticket
to Hollywood when he is clearly incapacitated,
clearly out of control.
And you dump him out in LA.
I'm having a hard time- I know.
Understanding what the hell were you thinking?
Good question.
It was more me.
He has been like this for so many years
and he had a friend out here.
He was going to get a job and stuff.
And at this point, it was like, you're 21.
You're scaring your little sisters.
You're making everyone miserable.
We don't sleep at night.
You know, he doesn't sleep at all.
It was almost, I was desperate.
And hearing you explain it, Dr. Phil, you're right.
It sounds crazy, it sounds uncaring, it sounds,
but we're trying to just get some peace
in the household and he is 21.
I know he's not in a position, over the last 18 days,
it's has been very apparent that
that was probably a mistake sending him.
We didn't know he was- We didn't know his-
He didn't have the delusions he has now, but you know,
it's been five rehabs, therapy, outpatient, hospital stays.