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How do you help a friend who you’re 90% positive that they’re having a psychotic episode, but he thinks everyone or a group of people wants to harm

Him/put him in a body bag. I’ve told him where he can get help, he wants to prove his sanity, but it seems more like a mental breakdown. He’s a friend and a neighbor so even if I want to I can’t cut him off. I don’t do that to friends especially with a mental health problem. I’ve had a few psychotic episodes myself and thought an organization was after me. If he’s going through a psychotic episode I know the hell he’s living in. I don’t think my neighbors are out to get him. He seems to shift the blame on one person in the apartment building to others whom we don’t know. How do I help him?

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Carissimi · F

I’m not sure you can. If he’s psychotic, he needs professional help, and you have already told him where he can find help, so you have done what you can.

What helped you?

MrAboo · 36-40, M

@Carissimi the first time my father drove me to the emergency room followed 8 weeks of hell in my head cooped up in a psych ward.

Carissimi · F

That does sounds like hell on earth. I’m sorry you suffered so much, and I hope you are doing much better, and continue to do so. @MrAboo

MrAboo · 36-40, M

@Carissimi Thank you. So far I haven't had a 5th episode. I think it was a reaction to the way I was living and my brain was forcing me to stop living as I was. Dropping out of school and not smoking weed all day were pretty much the problems I faced.