[DSingularity]

Yeah man it’s serious. Someone asked me to help an individual recently and I’m struggling to figure out how to help. He is a programmer who suffers from schizophrenia. His hallucinations got out of control until he lost his job, his life, and his kids. Social workers pretty much forced the one person in his life who cares for him (his wife) to have him removed by the police. Now he hates her. Then he proceeded to miss his hearing so he was arrested. Now he is thrown in jail. I feel guilty but I don’t know how to handle this.

[dbcurtis]

I feel for you. Lacking appropriate training, it is hard for us to actually help, even though we care. The first thing to remember is that whatever you say or do will be processed through the lens of his reality. He will try to fit it into the framework of his world. The eventual fit may be very skewed. It is difficult to know how to be helpful in that situation. Sorry I don’t have more for you.

[username223]

That's terrible, and I don't think there are any easy answers. Just be there if he reaches out, and help in small ways when you can.