My niece is still saying she’s hearing and seeing things. Mind you we don’t know if it’s genetic she’s adopted.
But I’m avoiding the kids in case they try to blame me again
This is worrying. If it were a lie the first time, she would’ve gotten away with it. Why bring such a lie up to the foreground again, knowing that it would increase her chances of being found out? This suggests to me that she is not lying and is in need of some major psychiatric help. I’m wishing the best for your niece. Do your best to be there for her in any way you can. She will need someone who understands what she’s going through.
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Hey, I’m sorry that you are getting the blame…it’s not your fault. I often get the blame as well from my parents- although I know they mean well. (They are more understanding now.)
As a person with a possible genetic disorder, I had to go through all the genetic testing, including my parents. To help you to understand genetic inheritance, there are autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant. Recessive means that the child inherits two faulty genes from both parents and gets the disease, and dominant means one faulty copy causes the disease. And since I heard that mode of inheritance of schizophrenia is unknown, we don’t know if it is autosomal dominant nor recessive.
I guess, please be there for your niece. Like when I was younger and developed sz, I was terrified and confused. I am hoping the best and I will be thinking of you and your niece.
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I’m not allowed to talk to her. They think I put her up to this. I too think that she isn’t faking or lying. I hope she does get help
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What is it with them? Do they honestly think schizophrenics get a kick out of getting people to pretend to experience psychotic symptoms? Have you told them how monumentally ridiculous that is? And are they just assuming the child is faking? Are they getting her any help? That’s what worries me the most. Are they seriously going to allow this child to have a psychotic break because they want to piss all over your character? This is fu-cking ridiculous. If they’re not trying to get her some help just in case she’s telling the fu-cking truth, then I’m sorry, but you may need to call CPS. I’m sure you know as well as I do that psychosis is fu-cking dangerous, and without treatment it will likely end in tragedy.
edit: I’m not cursing at or angry with you. None of this is your fault in the slightest. I’m just getting really pissed that your family would risk their child’s sanity in order to accuse you of being a bad person.
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She’s getting help but the closest juvenile private men meal health hospital is over an hour away. She is usually a good kid that’s why I believe her
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Okay…? So, on the other hand, they’re saying that you put her up to faking schizophrenia, yet they truly believe that she’s hallucinating and needs treatment. So… what exactly do they think you did? Blast her with magic that made her sz? Something’s not adding up here.
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Yeah i know I’m confused too. I think they are starting to believe her it’s just they are looking to blame somebody in case the doctors say she’s faking.
I don’t talk about my symptoms in front of the kids because I don’t want them to be scared of me or think differently about me. So I’m not sure what they think I did
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Yeah it sounds to me like they just want to blame you for something, anything, likely in an attempt to keep you submissive. I’m not saying that to make you paranoid. I just don’t understand these people. They treat you like you’re not even a member of the family.
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I just want what’s best for my niece
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I know. I know. It’s just that she’s going to need you, because at her age she will most certainly need someone who’s been through psychosis. I just hope your aunt comes to her senses, for both your niece’s sanity and her conscience. Guilt does a number on hallucinations.
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My sister in law looked into my nieces family history. Mental illness runs in her family. ( she’s adopted) they believe her now I think. I hoped she would get help.
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I’m glad that they’re believing her. Psychosis is dangerous and your niece needs treatment if she’s going to live a good life. Do you think this means you’ll be able to hang out with your nieces then? I’m sure they all miss you, and they will need your love and support during these difficult times.
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I don’t know, but I hope it means she gets helps. She’s in an inpatient unit right now. I heard they are going to put her on an injection.
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Good, good. Hopefully they can nip this in the bud in order to prevent her state becoming critical. Do you guys know how long she’ll be in the hospital? Do you think the hospital will get you guys some names for some outpatient therapists and psychologists?
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I don’t know, she goes to the same clinic I go to. I don’t know if they will recommend new doctors. I did talk to to her about once a few months ago that therapists are meant to help her. They can address only what she wants to tell them
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Yes, therapists are meant to help, but they can only work with the information they are given. Same goes for pdocs. How old is she again? Depending on her age, she may be a little young to make much meaningful progress in therapy.
@cbbrown at the end of the day abuse is abuse, regardless of what the situation is. I’ve read your posts over the years and can say there is no reason why u should be putting up with this.
Just a quickie.
When I was younger about 6 my father used to do terrible things to my mother,my sister and me. When I was about 12 we decided to run away as far as we could.
And even though we had absolutely nothing we were still 100 times better off not putting up with the abuse that we had from him. Everyone’s situation is different and I’m not saying make a rash decision. As ninjastar once suggested, take 30 mins to an hour each day and just think about your situation. Weigh up the advantages and disadvantages.
If u cant reset the boundaries in your situation, sometimes it’s better to cut toxic people out.
I wish u the best
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She’s 16. She cries before going to her appointments.
@anon39015889 honestly I’m not worried about me. I just want my niece taken care of. I went through over a year of symptoms until it became so bad that my partner took me to the hospital. I wonder how long she suffered before saying something?
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Well, she’s 16, presumably with access to the internet. She seems to have insight into the fact that she’s hallucinating, so there’s a good chance that she looked up her symptoms on the internet and figured she was experiencing mild psychotic symptoms.
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