
HLon99
Well-known member
Dear all,
Hope you are well. I have bipolar disorder which I have been keeping under control for a number of months now. However, I have a friend who I am very concerned about. He has been depressed for a while following a relationship breakdown. He's a very emotional person with a fragile psyche. He has had he crisis team come over to his house a number of times due to self harm. He has in the past been offered medication and therapy but has refused treatment.
Recently, his depression has worsened and he has been taking a lot of drugs. He now babbles incoherently and doesn't make any sense when he talks. He also claims that he has been periodically haunted by ghost is heavily obsessed with the occult. I spoke to him when this happened and I tried to convince him to speak to a doctor about these issues. But knowing him he will just refuse treatment. He has a pretty strained relationship with his parents and he hasn;t told them about any of the things he is going through. All my friends are concerned about him but we don't know what to do.
Can anyone offer some advice on how to help a person in crisis
thanks in advance
-H
Hope you are well. I have bipolar disorder which I have been keeping under control for a number of months now. However, I have a friend who I am very concerned about. He has been depressed for a while following a relationship breakdown. He's a very emotional person with a fragile psyche. He has had he crisis team come over to his house a number of times due to self harm. He has in the past been offered medication and therapy but has refused treatment.
Recently, his depression has worsened and he has been taking a lot of drugs. He now babbles incoherently and doesn't make any sense when he talks. He also claims that he has been periodically haunted by ghost is heavily obsessed with the occult. I spoke to him when this happened and I tried to convince him to speak to a doctor about these issues. But knowing him he will just refuse treatment. He has a pretty strained relationship with his parents and he hasn;t told them about any of the things he is going through. All my friends are concerned about him but we don't know what to do.
Can anyone offer some advice on how to help a person in crisis
thanks in advance
-H