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Hi everyone. I'm new here and also new to needing support and help being a friend of someone with psychosis.
I have a lot of questions. i really need the help and support as i honestly dont know what to do. i dont even know where to start with getting help let alone helping my friend!
so my friend is like a sister to me. We have gone through so much together. her and her mother took me in when i really needed a place to live.
unfortunately we lost touch for a couple of years. life just got in the way, but our relationship has always been very strong. her mother recently passed away. her and her mother were extremely close. they lived together. they shared everything together, even there dog. who her aunty took away when her mother died. i cant imagine the loss she would be feeling, the many emotions that she would be going through...
after a couple of months of talking on messenger I finally went and saw her...
i knew it was going to be very different, especially with her mum not being there but i was not prepared for what it was and in all honesty it was hard to be around her. even harder to hold a conversation with her.
she has had psychosis in the past. i should mention that in the past i believe her psychosis is drug induced, i think. as far as i know she is still using meth. she is taking what the doctors have prescribed her as well but are they even doing anything if she is still using? i dont know how it all works. she keeps saying that she is trying and going to get off it, but she has been saying that for as long as ive known her. i'm an addict myself, 2 years clean, so i know what she really means when she says those things. when anyone, even the doctors say that the meth isnt helping she goes into a psychosis of everyone being against her. once again as far as i know she has not gone more than a week with out using.
i have never seen her in this way. she has completely lost hold of all reality. before you could change the subject and she would happily go with it and have a conversation. she wouldnt bring anything up for a while. but this time, there was no interest at all in subject change. i did not know how to respond to what she was saying either and i think i said the wrong thing as she went really quiet... i could tell she wanted me to leave. she ended up asking me if i was going to catch that uber. so i went home. i have messaged her and said i was worried about her but she has not replied or gone into the message yet. she recently got a puppy too, and i am scared for the little pup. it was very scared and timid, not what a puppy should be like. i know she would never intentionally hurt an animal, but even she said a few times that she was scared she might hurt her.
i would love and need to get support on how to respond to what she says. help with any resources that could help me help her get some professional help with getting off the meth, help her feel safe around her own doctors. or suggestions on what i should do, where i could go from here. to be honest i feel like i need help with needing help. my heart is breaking for her. i cant imagine the fear she would be feeling
but mainly, she is a beautiful soul and she doesnt deserve to go through what she is going through. i would like to do everything in my power to help her find peace and find herself again.
thank you
appreciate you all
