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How do you help someone who is going insane?
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:15 pm
Buddy of mine since 4, and he's slowly lost every damn marble. Been unemployed for a few years now, not a cent to his name, moved back in with the parents who he's really taking a toll on both emotionally and financially.
1. He thinks the government is spying on him.
2. He wears a hat wherever he goes afraid they are tracking him through cameras.
3. He believes a house down the street from him is being used to watch him the last year.
4. He believes there's a helicopter that has been following the past few months (every few days he claims to see it)
5. He thinks that LA state hack was a target to get information on him.
You get the picture, I really don't know how to help because he obviously doesn't believe he is insane and everyone is just oblivious.
How do you deal with severe delusional people? Hasn't done anything to be committed, and don't want to wait until it reaches that point. Any ideas?
1. He thinks the government is spying on him.
2. He wears a hat wherever he goes afraid they are tracking him through cameras.
3. He believes a house down the street from him is being used to watch him the last year.
4. He believes there's a helicopter that has been following the past few months (every few days he claims to see it)
5. He thinks that LA state hack was a target to get information on him.
You get the picture, I really don't know how to help because he obviously doesn't believe he is insane and everyone is just oblivious.
How do you deal with severe delusional people? Hasn't done anything to be committed, and don't want to wait until it reaches that point. Any ideas?
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:16 pm to Kujo
Slap him. Tell him to get a grip and a job.
But seriously he needs professional help.
But seriously he needs professional help.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:17 pm to Kujo
Institutionalize.
Not sure on the requirements for an adult to be forced but he surely needs help.
Not sure on the requirements for an adult to be forced but he surely needs help.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:18 pm to Kujo
Well, first...do we really know if none of this is true?
I say jump down the rabbit-hole with him...should be fun.
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1. He thinks the government is spying on him.
2. He wears a hat wherever he goes afraid they are tracking him through cameras.
3. He believes a house down the street from him is being used to watch him the last year.
4. He believes there's a helicopter that has been following the past few months (every few days he claims to see it)
5. He thinks that LA state hack was a target to get information on him.
I say jump down the rabbit-hole with him...should be fun.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:19 pm to Kujo
What if he’s right? Ever stop and think about that?
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:20 pm to Kujo
Out crazy him!
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:20 pm to Kujo
He needs to be told hes acting crazy. Make him prove his beliefs, sometimes theyll break their own dumb opinions.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:22 pm to Kujo
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:22 pm to Kujo
Well, my friend slowly lost his mind. He was talking about strange things like talking to animals, being able to control weather, making end of world predictions, and many other odd things. He lost his family and his life as he once knew it. He hung himself at the deer camp and someone found him about a week later. Sad but your friend may be headed there.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:22 pm to Kujo
Give him a suitcase of beer and a tinfoil hat and move on with your life.
Unless he’s blood, it may be time to cut your losses
Unless he’s blood, it may be time to cut your losses
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:23 pm to Kujo
quote:is he driving on the interstate in texas?
He believes there's a helicopter that has been following the past few months (every few days he claims to see it)
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:23 pm to Kujo
Is there substance abuse involved as well?
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:24 pm to Kujo
Needs psychiatric help, even if he doesn’t want it.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:24 pm to Kujo
I dont know what to tell you. One of my best friends growing up just shot himself a few weeks ago. We were like brothers at one time.
Started drinking again after, hate myself when I'm drunk. I act meaner and throw intelligence out the door. I'm quitting again and can walk away. But yeah..I dont know. Every situation is different.
All of it probably requires patience though
Started drinking again after, hate myself when I'm drunk. I act meaner and throw intelligence out the door. I'm quitting again and can walk away. But yeah..I dont know. Every situation is different.
All of it probably requires patience though
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:24 pm to Kujo
Get them PEC’d
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:25 pm to Kujo
Ask him what did he do to have all of the agencies after him. Then turn him in for the reward money.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:26 pm to Kujo
Baw, in all seriousness..is his name michael?
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:28 pm to Kujo
Sounds like a paranoid schizophrenic. He probably needs serious help.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:29 pm to Kujo
Sounds like schizophrenia. If that's the case, all you can do is talk to his parents about getting him diagnosed and getting him some help.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:30 pm to Kujo
Your friend may very well have schizophrenia. Several hallmarks are noted in your post. Of course, diagnosis requires careful psychiatric evaluation.
A very difficult disease to treat. Almost impossible to convince a patient with schizophrenia that he has a medical condition that requires therapy. Oftentimes, the patient interprets the physician’s recommendations as a sophisticated way that the physician can “spy” on the patient.
A very difficult disease to treat. Almost impossible to convince a patient with schizophrenia that he has a medical condition that requires therapy. Oftentimes, the patient interprets the physician’s recommendations as a sophisticated way that the physician can “spy” on the patient.
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