re: How many truly mentally ill people do you know?

At least 1.. My older sister. She was Most Attractive in high school.. Graduated with A/B average from lsu..used to be very social. She was living at my dad's house, then slowly became more reclusive and wouldn't leave the room. She's been to hospitals and various other places, given medicine, no one knows what to do about her. Once she ran off and was an inch from being homeless had a police officer and my mom not convinced her to go to my moms house.

Now she is 31 and lives in a room at my moms..never talks to anyone or comes out unless no one is there. My mom leaves food for her outside the door and she barely eats it. If you try to knock on the door to talk to her, she usually quietly says "I'm too tired" or something. My mom also gets scathing texts that don't make much sense every now and then.

I could go on and on.. I think she's schizophrenic or has some sort of psychosis. But no one knows what to do.