Living With Schizophrenia

[@amararama1]

My son’s dad has paranoid schizophrenia. We don’t see him often but he texts sometimes when he’s hearing voices. He’s medicated but still hears them. I don’t think his family understand and so they judge him a bit. I respond by validating his fears (that seems to actually alleviate his fears somewhat, instead of making him more paranoid) and I think of sassy things he can say back to the voices, which lightens things up. When he is paranoid e.g. about his neighbour breaking in, I’ll suggest silly things to do to catch the neighbour. I’m not sure how helpful I’m being but he continues to reach out to me even when he’s paranoid of everyone else. I’m not schizophrenic but I have inner voices, rather than audible voices, that have driven me nuts at times, so I can only imagine what it’s like actually hearing them.

[@HunterSalazar]

I think that your tactic is completely suitable, and seeing as how you would understand him better as far as what would work. Sometimes trying to convince someone their delusions aren’t real can really make them feel alone so finding creative ways to entertain them is smart. Ya my own inner dialogue can be tiring as well lol