Sansa Stark |
03-09-2013 01:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal
(Post 1295639)
He's been going to a psychiatrist for a month now and he'll be 20 in June.
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That's about the time my illness started to really manifest and it's really the worst at that time, I mean seriously the ****ing worst. The depressive episodes make you want to pull out your nerves you hurt so bad and when you're manic you're on autopilot, like it's basically like being black out drunk for a week or so. Honestly, don't put stock in psychiatrists, because he'll probably tell the shrink what he wants to hear and convince everyone that he's okay when he's not. What he really needs is someone close to support him (like you), and treat him like a human being and not an illness, and especially not a burden. He can't help it that he's sick, even though he's a total ******* right now.
What it feels like to me, is that he's acting this way because he harbours some kind of delusional grudge against your family and uses whatever that is to justify his actions. Make no mistake, he's probably doing all of it on purpose. It might be hard, but try to suss out what it could possibly be and do your best to correct any of his delusional thinking like that. It's a huge problem when you're bipolar.
I guess this response is a little too compassionate but seriously I've been there where he is and I know how it feels. I really hope it gets better, I did but it took a lot of time & energy.
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