Posted by OddipusRex on July 24, 2002, at 12:43:46
In reply to Re: Some of my symptoms of manic psychosis » mair, posted by judy1 on July 23, 2002, at 16:48:26
Judy, what do you think is the best way to support someone you suspect is delusional or psychotic? I don't think confronting the person with your belief would be acceptable especially not on a forum like this where we're all strangers and the information about each other is limited. I think part of being delusional or psychotic is not being able to recognize that fact. At the same time I don't think it would be right to encourage someone or support their delusions. All I can think of is to try to engage the person in ways that don't involve the apparent delusions but that's not always easy. I'm glad you brought this up.
Thank you Mair, I'm fine now- my purpose in posting this was so that others could be aware of how symptoms of this disease can manifest itself, and that if they see something like this in other posts they will know what it is and maybe be suportive of that person. I don't want to get in trouble or hurt anyone so I am being deliberately vague here- judy
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