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asked by: insanity101 on May 30th, 2005

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Please, can someone tell me if it's schizophrenia?
Here's some points about my dad:

-has no real friends...All our family friends are met though my mom
-is convinced that my mom is lying and cheating on him with all their male friends
-talks to himself in whisper, he says things like "promiscuous person" "b*tch" etc
-his brother and mother are both schizophrenic
-enjoys reading about hitler, but denies it (he says he just enjoys world history but has a huge collection of ww2 books)
-is extremely smart (he's into mathematics) and logical
-analyzes every word you say
-has a really bad temper
-is very paranoid (about the smallest dumbest things!)
-often sits alone in his room writing things in his agenda and planning his life
-hates women, jews, blacks and other races (does not openly admit to it)
-likes to be alone
-is extremely terrified of physical pain of any kind (constantly measures his heart pulse and is deathly afraid of electrical shocks)

there's no signs of hallucinations yet but according to my dad, "a close friend of ours asked my mom for an affair and she said no". This never happened!! He continually asks my mom when this guy asked her this but it never happened so my mom says never and it's making him more angry and paranoid. He now believes that all their friends know something about this and are all denying it!
Please help
my parents are going to get a divorce if my dad won't stop this.

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yfguitarist

replied on May 31st, 2005

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If this helps I enjoy reading about similar stuff, I say that it's educational but really I just like reading dark stuff, about serial killers and stuff. It's pretty bad though I guess. I'm smart and analytical as well

"-often sits alone in his room writing things in his agenda and planning his life"

that's me exactly, and i'll pace around the room thinking for hours ^

i haven't gotten checked out by a doctor yet. I don't know if this is helpful to you, probably not

insanity101

replied on May 31st, 2005

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Yes it's helpful! I wanted to know if other people with this disease act the same way. But you said you have not been diagnosed, right?

I don't know if my dad is hallucinating or not but he constantly talks about how he pressed my mom to the wall and she confessed that she cheated on him. But again, this never happened, and he has only hit her once and I witnessed it. Could he maybe have envisioned this in his head?

I have another question though, when he talks to himself is it possible that he's actually talking to other "people" or voices?

yfguitarist

replied on May 31st, 2005

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I haven't been diagnosed, although I suspect I may have it.

It's possible that he's talking to other voices but then again it might not be the case. I talk to myself but i'm not talking to anyone else, although i've heard voices and reacted to them.

insanity101

replied on May 31st, 2005

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He does not admit to seeing or hearing anything yet he has delusions. He strongly believes that my mom's best friend is an alcoholic and that she's turned my mom into one. When he talks to himself it's usually in the kitchen and since he's a clean freak he spends hours wiping all the counters to make sure there's no drops of water anywhere, not even in the sink. That's when he talks to himself. It looks like he is talking to people he hates like my mom's best friend and such. Or maybe he's practising what he wants to say to them. Sometimes I have lunch in the kitchen or so and I see him doing this and he would wipe the same spot for 20 minutes without noticing that it's already clean. I used to tease him and say things like "what was that? I didn't hear you" as if he was speaking to me, but now I am just simply scared as to what's happening to him.

Wesleyg

replied on June 1st, 2005

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To me it just sounds like he is a little different and probably paranoid. If he was having schizophrenic symptoms, his delusions would probably be much worse. Im just speaking from experience tho, im no expert.

yfguitarist

replied on June 1st, 2005

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It sounds like he should get help to me, I know how painful it is to be obsessed like that and I should get help too because it'd make things less stressful.

When I talk to myself i'm replaying conversations I had with other people and thinking about what they mean over and over till they lose meaning to me, most of the time it's in my head but it's a big waste of time, I also stress out over little unimportant things

insanity101

replied on June 2nd, 2005

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But How?

How can I help him, though, if he doesn't want it? He thinks that nothing is wrong with him and he will not see a doctor. This behaviour has been happening on and off for about 5 years but there's never been delusions. He visited the doctor in the past and it helped him but this time he refuses. Also, he's scared of taking medication or any pills. He's very paranoid and always thinks people want to cheat him. He said that the doctors will inject him with something and he will go crazy. How can we help him as a family in this case?

yfguitarist

replied on June 3rd, 2005

New User

I don't know =/
i know something's wrong with me, i'm not scared of pills I don't think, I do think people are trying to ruin me. Sorry I can't help you

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