Concernedsis77Casual Contributor
Concerned for my younger sister
Hi, my family are very worried. My younger sister is showing small signs of schizophrenia on amd off for a few years, but the last 5 monthes it seems to be exacerbated. My Dad's sister was diagnosed with it a long time ago. My sister, who is in her early to mid 30s is displaying a lot of paranoia about her neighbours bugging her house, her phone being tapped, spy cameras andd ppl down the street looking at her funny. My family went and saw her today, coming from a place of 'peace, wanting to be her safe place. She arks up and digs her heels in and feels attacked, if any of siblings pressure her to get help. Obviously she thinks there is nothing wrong with her. We realise that we have to tread very carefully. Her boyfriend, who is going back home (overseas) is either clueless, an enabler, in denial or doesn't know how to handle, seems to support her 'ideas'.He seems quite intelligent and seems to be pretty sure that someone was using her IP address/spoofing, so maybe, if that was happening, its caused him to believe everything else is true I get that there is a degree of 'humouring' her involved. But, he hasn't expressed concern to us at all. He and my sister are furiously loyal anf perhaps very co dependent.
We realise this will take time.
But myquestion is how do you get help and an assessment done on someone who thinks there is nothing wrong. She lives near Melbourne. We realise it's baby steps and trust needs to be there. She trusts one of my sisters more, so she will probably be the go to when it comes to approaching my younger sister. Help please
