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anybody know how

cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
edited January 2007 in General Discussion
To deal with a delusional person? i am at about at my wits ends dealing with a person that this afflicts....any ideas...just end all dealing with or what?

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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I usualy just ignore his post. Don
  • Queen of SwordsQueen of Swords Member Posts: 14,355
    edited November -1
    Nod your head and back away slowly.....then run like he!!....
  • elkoholicelkoholic Member Posts: 5,130
    edited November -1
    If they are truly delusional then your wits are waisted and you can't deal with them on any level. If you love or otherwise need this person lower you expectations and bring pie...for some reason delusional people like pie.[;)]
  • bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    I usualy just ignore his post. Don

    [:D][:D][:D]
  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    I usualy just ignore his post. Don


    I resent that!
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    To deal with a delusional person? i am at about at my wits ends dealing with a person that this afflicts....any ideas...just end all dealing with or what?
    Well, it depends.

    My MIL is delusional. Not in the sense like many guys experience where they just hate their MIL and she's crabby all the time and wants to rule their lives. Mine is 100% delusional. She sees boogeymen under every rock, around every corner and in every nook and cranny. We'll get phone calls from her at all hours of the night about how someone is spying on her, trying to break into her house, wiretapping her phone, trying to steal her stuff, following her, stalking her, etc.

    So, she's delusional, because she's on SSDI, doesn't work and has never had an important (let alone top-secret) job, and she's not looking like, say, Raquel Welch. So, there's no reason for any of this to happen.

    What do I do? I let her rant, say, "uh huh" every few moments with an "is that so?" thrown in for good measure. I then promise to look into the matter (whatever the matter d'jour is) and I hang up the phone.

    My wife just screams at her, especially when she gets accusatory about me. When I'm with her, I walk on eggshells so as to not give her reason to think I'm plotting against her that day.

    Is that what you're looking for?
  • fishermanbenfishermanben Member Posts: 15,370
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    To deal with a delusional person? i am at about at my wits ends dealing with a person that this afflicts....any ideas...just end all dealing with or what?


    I did that, and feel horrible about it. I can tell you one thing, DO NOT point out his/her dellusions. At some point I just had to come to terms that the Caleb that I once knew was not the same Caleb anymore.

    Ben
  • gagirlgagirl Member Posts: 5,408
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    To deal with a delusional person? i am at about at my wits ends dealing with a person that this afflicts....any ideas...just end all dealing with or what?
    Well, it depends.

    My MIL is delusional. Not in the sense like many guys experience where they just hate their MIL and she's crabby all the time and wants to rule their lives. Mine is 100% delusional. She sees boogeymen under every rock, around every corner and in every nook and cranny. We'll get phone calls from her at all hours of the night about how someone is spying on her, trying to break into her house, wiretapping her phone, trying to steal her stuff, following her, stalking her, etc.

    So, she's delusional, because she's on SSDI, doesn't work and has never had an important (let alone top-secret) job, and she's not looking like, say, Raquel Welch. So, there's no reason for any of this to happen.

    What do I do? I let her rant, say, "uh huh" every few moments with an "is that so?" thrown in for good measure. I then promise to look into the matter (whatever the matter d'jour is) and I hang up the phone.

    My wife just screams at her, especially when she gets accusatory about me. When I'm with her, I walk on eggshells so as to not give her reason to think I'm plotting against her that day.

    Is that what you're looking for?

    pretty much standard... I have a good friend whos gfather, who recently passed was about the same way. He usually walked around the neighborhood naked because the "Commies or Nazis had bugged his clothes."
  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Regrets- but a person that is TRULY delusional (as opposed to deluded- like some posters here) have a DIFFERENT reality than you or I. Thing to remember is that- at least to them- it is REAL. And may be scary as hell. Trying to convince them that THEIR reality is wrong may very well scare them more. Imagine how you would feel if we all tried to convince you that the sky was yellow, and butter was blue- and that we got butter from butterflies, and 9mms were better than 45s. Ignore the delusion so long as they do not have a hold on you that hurts you (physically) and change the subject. If person tells you their toothbrush is talking to them, it is a great time to ask if those slippers are comfortable- they sure look nice, etc. And here is the hard part- don't lie. Don't yell. Yes, it's frustrating. And good luck.
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