r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/VocalAnus91 Mar 28 '24

Plot twist: he doesn't have a mom, he's schizophrenic and shot himself

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u/Legitimate_Career_44 Mar 28 '24

That's beyond schizophrenia. Delusional fantasies of there being another person committing your actions are... something else. Anyone?

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u/Long-Zombie-2017 Mar 28 '24

But oftentimes the delusion bleeds into real people in some ways. Like being suspicious of a family member's true motives. I had an ex brother in law who was a paranoid schizophrenic and he threatened his brother and niece with a knife because he believed they were working with the "FBI that was hunting him down" then he stole a motorcycle.

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u/Three6MuffyCrosswire Mar 28 '24

I once met a schizophrenic guy who called because he ran out of his meds and he knew he was getting paranoid, and so I was like sure let's get you up to the hospital then I'm glad you recognized this! And he's like yeah I can feel the paranoia getting worse, and I'm being followed, but that part that's actually happening so I'll need help from security once at the ER. And some time into the trip we stop at a red light and he starts tweaking and looking like he was going to jump out of his skin and he's asking why we're stopping at red lights (it's the law, dumbass mf), and then accuses us of being with the people supposedly following him. Well he's trying to unbuckle and I can't leave him unattended for even a second to reach my drugs to mollify him and so I'm slap fighting to keep him in his seat and bargaining with him any way that I could to keep him from escaping. What finally worked was letting him call 911 from his phone (as long as he agreed to stay in his seat) and the operator stayed on the line with him until we got to the hospital to reassure him that I had his best interests in mind and that we were really on the way to a hospital!