I am busy studying, it's 4AM. I am trying to blast through one last chapter. My little brother (21 year old) comes downstairs. I'm taking a shit. He starts saying weird things to nobody. I come out of the washroom and ask him what's going on. He says "The neighbours can hear us. They're listening to us. They're using a police listening device." Knowing that our neighbour is a retired police officer, I humoured my brother. I asked him how he knew this. He said: "They've been responding to things I do and say in my room. I can hear them in their back yard laughing at me."

So I probed him further, and he said "I'm not crazy, just ask Mom and Dad." I said "Well, how did they discover this? What happened?" He wouldn't give me an intelligible answer. He just said "It's too complicated if you don't already know."

I asked him "When did you discover this?" He said: "Just now." Well... it's 4AM, my parents have been asleep since 11PM. He's randomly saying things in the kitchen right now like "I don't even fucking care anymore. It's you who enjoys that." I think he thinks he's talking to the neighbours, who he thinks are spying on him?

My hope is that this is a case of extreme paranoia, and not schizophrenia. He isn't hearing voices, he doesn't see things, but he is delusional right now.

I am not sure what to do right now, for him, and for my family. He has turned down all medical help, all psychological help, everything. We already know he has had intense anxiety problems, he was diagnosed with severe body dysmorphic disorder. He is addicted to marijuana. He sits at home all day playing guitar and eating food. He believes he is going to be a guitar superstar one day, which is how he justifies playing guitar all day and not working.

edit: He just said "That is like insane. You think I'm insane. You're tracking my heartbeat. That's fucked up." (again, to the neighbours?)

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Nov 26 2016 06:48am

Maybe he's just really drunk, my roommate woke me up at 5am told me 200 people were coming to party, tried plugging his USB into a flat of rock stars, pissed all over my bike, then ran out of our apartment crying cuz I told him to fuck off, and he left his keys and phone. Idk how he got back into the place in the morning...

I hope he got drunk. He hasn't had weed for a few days because he doesn't have money, so he might've snuck some alcohol. But he doesn't stink of it, he's walking fine, and overall he doesn't seem drunk at all really. Normally when he's drunk he's just an asshole, a major asshole... confrontational. But not delusional (at least, not delusional like what I illustrated above).

edit: He just closed the blinds, he keeps going into the backyard. It's weird.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Nov 26 2016 07:04am

Rip, sorry for your loss (srs)

Sorry to hear mate. First thing I'd be doing is stopping him from smoking weed. Sounds like the guy needs a clear mind for a while.

This will not be easy if he literally does nothing all day though, unfortunately.

Just looked up some stuff about it. You may find this useful:

"For the individual with schizophrenia, the bizarre beliefs or hallucinations seem quite real — they are not just “imaginary fantasies.” Instead of “going along with” a person’s delusions, family members or friends can tell the person that they do not see things the same way or do not agree with his or her conclusions, while acknowledging that things may appear otherwise to the patient.

It is very important not to challenge the person’s beliefs or delusions. They are very “real” to the person who experiences them, and there’s little point in arguing with them about the delusions or false beliefs. Instead, move the conversation along to areas or topics where you both agree upon."

Also, get your brother some professional help. Write down the stuff he's saying.

Weed is so fuckiing addictive.

On a serious note though, one of my friends from high school started smoking weed, then did mushrooms once and it triggered his psychosis, he jumped off a 15 story building and killed himself :/ his funeral fucking sucked

Are you sure you arent the brother lol

Lmaoooo

This post was edited by shane_is_a_balla on Nov 26 2016 12:05pm

Weed might not be, but the feeling people get from it can be.

You can't help people that don't want to be helped. I've tried helping others who don't want to fix their own problems and let it interfere with my life and they just don't change.

Sorry man.