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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
He thinks psych meds are bad, always has, and he also thinks that weed is the solution to everything so he pretty much is anti psych meds in general. He was on them once when he was discharged from the army but he never got back on them. Then he started using LSD really really heavily and also used meth a couple times. Now he just uses weed.
You make good points. I did mention that he’s acting a little different and he said that people are playing mind games with him so I took a step back so I can not stress myself out. Anything I say is met with paranoid delusions about people messing with him. I know there’s no rationalizing with psychosis I’ve been there myself before. I will be here as a friend and talk to him but I will try to give myself some space to because it does get overwhelming when he calls and talks for hours about this stuff
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Yeah. I'd almost rather be the one with delusions than talk to someone with them depending on their nature. I knew a guy with erotomania (towards my old peer support specialist at that) and it was hard when he was always "we're getting married!" (no you aren't) "Tell [x] I love her" (I bet she already knows). No matter what you say, their mind isn't going to change. You can change the topic, you can ask questions to see if he's going to hurt himself or someone else (and act on that), but other than that, I just had to let him be.
But for sure put yourself first. Don't fall into his "weed cures all" ideology again. You're saying it right now: he is unwell. You can be there for him, unless you can't be there for yourself first.