What to do about people with sz?

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In the area where I live there is a guy who is daily screaming like possessed. I got worse during the last half year. Today at the gym there was also a guy with sz, he was talking to himself in the mirror very loudly and desperately, at the shower I saw his whole back was blue like he fell of from somewhere.

What are you guys doing in situations like this? I always feel bad because it reminds me of my own episodes. On the other hand I want to help but don’t really know how. In my country you can’t force people to go to the hospital until the start to harm others. What to do?

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I think like that…
I’m in center of city,and sometimes see young sz people,but you can’t help them.
You have empathy for szs…

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I suppose recycling is an option?

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What am I missing? I’m assuming this is a joke that went right over my head

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Very bad joke. Sorry.

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I’ve only ever seen one guy on a bus who definitely had psychotic features of illness (in recent memory) and I just felt really bad. It was 2 years back.

I just felt bad, as I say and others have said, you can’t really do anything for them - I suspect he was homeless too; so it made me feel even worse. I know he can get help, for accommodation and the illness but I just sat there.

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Here people who are a nuisance and clearly ill are just picked off the streets and put in the hospital.

That’s probably the best. They need help.

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Since I moved from downtown I don’t see many obvious mentally ill people on the streets anymore. I remember when I lived downtown I walked to a restaurant to meet my sister for lunch and a homeless guy, who I assume was mentally ill, stood on a street corner screaming and raving at me. I figured discretion was the better part of valor and just walked away.

Another time a guy was yelling out in front of our board & care when I was walking to the store and he violently destroyed a tree and stormed off talking to himself. I get scared when someone is obviously disturbed and I give them a wide berth.

When I was in the hospital for 8 months I got threatened a few times, one guy was severely mentally ill, he reminded me of a wild animal. I have no desire to help those people. If I see a scared, shy, lonely person who is mentally ill I am more inclined to feel bad for them and want to help them.
Downtown, I used to give a dollar or two to someone who politely asked for it but if the person was aggressive I didn’t give them anything.

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Lots of time drugs are into the mix
Many mentally ill homeless are hooked on drugs and this makes their condition worse.
I was shocked to see this one homeless guy standing by the street holding up a sign begging for money
This was happening so close to my house
We are living in hard times for sure

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I will escort him out sorry guys (looks at shutterbug: “again, man? I thought you learned”)

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