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My daughter wants to end her family relationship with my schizophrenic son
My daughter is 7 months pregnant. My son has severe schizophrenia (hears voices 24/7, despite medication). Both are young adults.
During my son's severe psychotic episodes (he's had 5 in total), he has targeted his sister, such as trying to lock her in the house, chasing her down the street etc. On several occasions the police have needed to become involved.
In addition some of the voices he hears talk about her in a sexual way (through his voice), which has made her incredibly uncomfortable/sickened - totally understandible.
Now she has a baby on the way she has decided she doesn't want anything further to do with him. She says she doesn't feel safe and doesn't want her baby near him. She says she will not come to birthdays, Christmas etc. if he is there - so has told me I need to make a decision ... him or her and her baby.
As a mother I understand my daughter's fear, but also as a mother I don't want to shut my son out of all family events and out of our lives. His schizophrenia has led him to become very solitary with no friends and with so many symptoms of his mental illness, he finds it difficult to manage on a day to day basis (such as obsessive-compulsive symptoms). How can I shut him out? But how can I ingore the very real concerns of my daughter?
Has anyone experienced this type of situation and does anyone have any suggestions?
