I'm sorry, but I can't stand people who walk around they have bipolar disorder; or that they think they are schizophrenic. Both those diseases run in my family and there is nothing fun about them. They are scary when you see someone one day perfectly fine and the next day the entire family is holding a vigil because they have become catatonic. It's funny because I remember clearly being at my grandmother's house in Puerto Rico and my uncle just sitting in the rocking chair that was on the front porch. From the couch I could peek through the front door and see him just sit there, completely unaware of the people around him.
"He's in space," my mother reassured me. Instead of making me calm about what was going on, it just made me more confused. How could he be in space while sitting on the front porch. My mom would call his name. No response. His older brother would call his name. Nothing. My grandmother would sit their crying asking him to please respond, but his mother's tears meant nothing to him.
I'm pretty sure that my uncle is either bipolar or schizophrenic. I don't know the details but I do know once he snapped and threatened his kids' friends with a knife to get out of his house. It was late and he had to work early, needless to say, a knife was a bit much; especially given his size at the time. He was always a strong and in shape.
He had, what I believe to be, paranoid delusions. I asked my mom about his behavior and she told me that he swore up and down that when he was in the army he was being persecuted for being of darker complexion. He attacked a commanding officer because supposedly he was talking trash about my grandmother. The way my mom made it sound, not that she meant for it, was that he was very paranoid about those outside his family.
From all I gather, he sounds to be more schizophrenic, paranoid type, schizoaffective, which is schizophrenia with a mood disorder, or bipolar with paranoid delusions. I wish I knew more about the details about him. I was friends with him on facebook and he deleted me. Never thought being deleted on facebook would hurt so much. It just seemed so callous. It was such a Borderline thing to do.
He deleted me after I got into a fight with my aunt. It was none of his business and not even that big of a deal, but he deleted me. I refuse to ask how he's doing now. It may be childish, but hey, it must run in the family.
"He's in space," my mother reassured me. Instead of making me calm about what was going on, it just made me more confused. How could he be in space while sitting on the front porch. My mom would call his name. No response. His older brother would call his name. Nothing. My grandmother would sit their crying asking him to please respond, but his mother's tears meant nothing to him.
I'm pretty sure that my uncle is either bipolar or schizophrenic. I don't know the details but I do know once he snapped and threatened his kids' friends with a knife to get out of his house. It was late and he had to work early, needless to say, a knife was a bit much; especially given his size at the time. He was always a strong and in shape.
He had, what I believe to be, paranoid delusions. I asked my mom about his behavior and she told me that he swore up and down that when he was in the army he was being persecuted for being of darker complexion. He attacked a commanding officer because supposedly he was talking trash about my grandmother. The way my mom made it sound, not that she meant for it, was that he was very paranoid about those outside his family.
From all I gather, he sounds to be more schizophrenic, paranoid type, schizoaffective, which is schizophrenia with a mood disorder, or bipolar with paranoid delusions. I wish I knew more about the details about him. I was friends with him on facebook and he deleted me. Never thought being deleted on facebook would hurt so much. It just seemed so callous. It was such a Borderline thing to do.
He deleted me after I got into a fight with my aunt. It was none of his business and not even that big of a deal, but he deleted me. I refuse to ask how he's doing now. It may be childish, but hey, it must run in the family.
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