Schizophrenia....my friend has it and i need help!?!
Question: my friend has undifferentiated-type schizophrenia due to a brain tumor. hes changed alot over the past year, i dont know who he is anymore. he has around 30 people that live in his head. i have talked to a handful of them, and its weird talking to them, i feel bad about it...should i? at first it scared me, now its just like a regular thing. there names are shadow, sorrow, woe and slieth, they all have different personalitys. just today, they dont want me talking to their "master" domenick, they told me that i shouldnt suffer because of domenick. but he is, or at least was the one person i would confide in when i needed to talk to someone. should i just forget about him? its hard to say that since we were really close. all he does now is insult me, and laughs at me if im upset over something. im tired of him pushing me away. i know why hes like this, his last girlfriend left him, didnt say why, just left. now hes ruined in a sense. HELP! this isnt a joke, schizophrenia is confusing.
Answers: my friend has undifferentiated-type schizophrenia due to a brain tumor. hes changed alot over the past year, i dont know who he is anymore. he has around 30 people that live in his head. i have talked to a handful of them, and its weird talking to them, i feel bad about it...should i? at first it scared me, now its just like a regular thing. there names are shadow, sorrow, woe and slieth, they all have different personalitys. just today, they dont want me talking to their "master" domenick, they told me that i shouldnt suffer because of domenick. but he is, or at least was the one person i would confide in when i needed to talk to someone. should i just forget about him? its hard to say that since we were really close. all he does now is insult me, and laughs at me if im upset over something. im tired of him pushing me away. i know why hes like this, his last girlfriend left him, didnt say why, just left. now hes ruined in a sense. HELP! this isnt a joke, schizophrenia is confusing.
People can recover from schizophrenia...and get back their lives.But it takes a long time and a lot of effort. Your friend may never be the person he once was...it is a sad part of the disease. The pushing you away is a symptom, it's part of the illness. Try not to take it personally...because he truely can't help being ill.There is hope, there are a lot better meds for this now. I am sorry you have lost your friend to this disease.
face it, the life you had with him is OVER
That's a very sad situation. There's not much you can do - the friend you used to have is gone. He probably can't control what he is doing, and he may not even be aware he has changed. The best you can do is to remember who he used to be, and just have enough contact with him to keep communications open and help him out if you can. Don't expect to confide in him anymore.