coppermason38
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joined Jun 2012
I know a woman who struggles with schizophrenia—honestly, she’s incredibly draining and frustrating to be around. When you're sitting with her, she either starts laughing with these unsettling grimaces, falls into dead silence, or just rambles on about these tedious, disjointed stories that constantly loop back to Jesus. Her parents are quite odd, too—her dad was a decent guy, worked a steady job until retirement, but he was always disorganized, neglected his appearance, and had zero social life. Her mom has some cognitive issues and deals with heavy depression—she’s constantly popping pills like Xanax—but she still managed to pull through her career. Then there’s her sister, who is easily the most well-adjusted one in the family. I’ve known this woman for years, and her condition has just steadily declined; she’s 33 now. Of course, she doesn't work—whenever anything requires actual effort, she claims she's too sick, but the moment it suits her, suddenly she's perfectly fine. Back when she was younger and actually functioning socially, she was just lazy—no work ethic, no sense of responsibility, just extremely self-centered. She used to be quite pretty, too—always dressed up, wearing makeup, doing her hair—but now? She looks like she crawled out of a wreck. She just throws on whatever tacky rags she finds around the house, she's unkempt, and her dental hygiene is terrible, which is such a shame because guys used to really go for her. She has no friends left; she drove everyone away because she can't stand being around people anymore—though she used to be the exact opposite, always needing to be surrounded by crowds and meeting new people constantly. At this point, her own family can barely stand her; if they had the money, they’d happily pay to have her placed in a facility just so they wouldn't have to deal with her. She refuses her therapy because she insists she's "normal," yet conveniently becomes "sick" whenever work or responsibilities come up. Recently, a state evaluation team came to her house because her sister filed a claim for disability benefits—to prove she’s unfit for employment. They noted that while she’s physically healthy, she has absolutely no interest in anything and spends her entire day just lying in bed smoking. Sometimes she won't even acknowledge you on the street, but other times, she'll spot me in town, sit down right next to me at a cafe without being asked, and expect me to just entertain her because she feels like talking in that moment. The last time I saw her, she sat across from me and started that irritating, random smiling again, so I just completely ignored her. She even mentioned thinking about suicide, and I told her that sounded like a good idea. The worst part is if someone were to ever enable her, she’s under the delusion that she should have a child.🙂
I don't feel sorry for her because she has absolutely no desire to help herself. She won't take her medication, she won't see a psychiatrist—basically, she refuses any kind of treatment whatsoever. And then she suffers, and what can you even say about that?
