Hi. I'm new here and a mental health novice. I'm having trouble handling issues that are new to me. My Girlfriend has been in a psych ward now for 2 weeks. She is apparently mostly living in a paranoid world where her daughter, my family, and sometimes me, are out to hurt her in different ways. I never saw this coming and I don't know how to handle it. I visit every night, but I don't see any improvement. the 1st 8 days every day was worse. Now, sometimes she seems to know that some things she sees and hears aren't real and will ask intelligent questions and seem to believe my answers. But many nights, she insists on the most outrageous and hurtful things and gets mad when I tell her they're not true. She said horrible things about her teenage daughter last night, I almost walked out, I was so upset and wanted to punch a wall or something. I'm committed to helping her through this, but I have trouble sleeping now, I'm losing weight and always have a feeling of dread in my stomach. I'm so worried I can't stand it.
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