My Mum
I have no idea what to do about the situation that has developed with my mum. Things have been going downhill so rapidly, almost too rapidly, and there has been no time to really think about things. After i talked to her recently and failed to play along like I usually do, its like I tripped off some hithero unrealised psychosis.
Through a series of phone calls and e-mails, not just to me, but my uncle, dad, and dad's psych, shes revealed how delusional she really is. I had no idea that her thoughts were so out there and, well, wrong. She utterly believes what she's saying, only what she's saying isnt true. How can we reason with false and delusional 'memories'?
I dont know what to do. I want to help but i don't think she'll listen to me. She believes that my dad and gran have brain-washed me and are 'grooming' me for some terrible purpose they have devised together. She also thinks that I have been morally corrupted, and that I'm completely a-moral and'lost'. If I speak, will she even listen? or will she just think that i'm saying 'evil things' because dad has influenced my thinking? She's built up an entire lifetime of abusive incidents that never happened involving everyone from my uncle to me to my grandma. To be honest, I havn't seen such a pervasive and all-encompassing delusion since I was in graylands! Unfortunately, she can only be sectioned if she's going to cause harm to herself or others, and she's made no threats. The only thing I can think of doing is meeting with her psychiatrist. Who knows.. maybe that'll work?
Through a series of phone calls and e-mails, not just to me, but my uncle, dad, and dad's psych, shes revealed how delusional she really is. I had no idea that her thoughts were so out there and, well, wrong. She utterly believes what she's saying, only what she's saying isnt true. How can we reason with false and delusional 'memories'?
I dont know what to do. I want to help but i don't think she'll listen to me. She believes that my dad and gran have brain-washed me and are 'grooming' me for some terrible purpose they have devised together. She also thinks that I have been morally corrupted, and that I'm completely a-moral and'lost'. If I speak, will she even listen? or will she just think that i'm saying 'evil things' because dad has influenced my thinking? She's built up an entire lifetime of abusive incidents that never happened involving everyone from my uncle to me to my grandma. To be honest, I havn't seen such a pervasive and all-encompassing delusion since I was in graylands! Unfortunately, she can only be sectioned if she's going to cause harm to herself or others, and she's made no threats. The only thing I can think of doing is meeting with her psychiatrist. Who knows.. maybe that'll work?