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Question: My friend is very volatile to her family members, keeps her child dressed like a baby in baby grows at 4 years of age, is only just beginning to toilet train him, she has no routine and he goes to bed when she does. She isolates herself and sometimes won't open the door or answer her phone to her family for weeks on end. She believes that her boyfriend of 20 years is seeing other women and although he has now left her as he cannot cope with the relationship. She would never allow the father to even take the little boy to the park and continues not allow him to take their son out anywhere, will not let the little boy out of her sight. She does not trust family members like her sister or grandparents. Infact she has not allowed the little boy time to mix with other children at pre school or playgroups. She only just stopped breast feeding recently and the child starts school this September. She will not let anyone member of the family or the child's father which school he is going to. She falls out with everyone and treats her family members badly shouting at them being very illogical, saying nobody cares even though they have offered to help over the years. She has her baby as a mature mum at 43 however has always isolated herself from mixing with other people and goes out every day from supermarket, mc XXXXXXX etc and never has a day at home. Her home is untidy when she used to be meticulous. She goes for weeks on end on her own and is volatile with family members thinking they are getting at her when they try and encourage parenting skills like bedtime routine, boundaries. She protects her son so much so he swears at her, kicks her and will not get into the car, runs off, so much so neighbours have reported how worried they are that he will get run over one day. She does not appear to be logical and when the father tries to discipline him in any way she opposes this and says leave him he's only little. Is this normal....it was just the sane before she has her son and isolated herself was moody and then appears after weeks as if nothing has happened when she has refused to even answer the phone to anyone! Is she normal, she hasn't worked for 20 years?
Brief Answer:
Please, get her to a psychiatrist!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what your friend is experiencing. She is clearly not normal and have a form of psychiatric illness, schizophrenia. Seen how suspicious she is of others around her, she should be more of the paranoid type.
However, I suspect that she probably had a paranoid personality disorder growing up that has become worse and now presents as schizophrenia. She needs the services of a psychiatrist too help her, the children and the family as a whole.
You would also need to take proactive measure to let the authorities know what she is up to and the way she brings up these kids. Though in the strictest sense this is not clearly abuse, she is grooming them to be failures tomorrow. this needs an intervention to help shape these children. I will personal encourage you to talk to child protective services and hear what they say.
In all, she is not normal. She is schizophrenic and probably of the paranoid type. Her past should be able to identify traits of paranoid personality disorder. She needs the services of a psychiatrist and something needs to be done to help bring up these children in a better manner for them to fit and succeed in the society tomorrow. Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what your friend is experiencing. She is clearly not normal and have a form of psychiatric illness, schizophrenia. Seen how suspicious she is of others around her, she should be more of the paranoid type.
However, I suspect that she probably had a paranoid personality disorder growing up that has become worse and now presents as schizophrenia. She needs the services of a psychiatrist too help her, the children and the family as a whole.
You would also need to take proactive measure to let the authorities know what she is up to and the way she brings up these kids. Though in the strictest sense this is not clearly abuse, she is grooming them to be failures tomorrow. this needs an intervention to help shape these children. I will personal encourage you to talk to child protective services and hear what they say.
In all, she is not normal. She is schizophrenic and probably of the paranoid type. Her past should be able to identify traits of paranoid personality disorder. She needs the services of a psychiatrist and something needs to be done to help bring up these children in a better manner for them to fit and succeed in the society tomorrow.
I hope this helps. I hope you find a way to help her and these children. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be. I wish you well.
Dr. Ditah, MD.
I hope this helps. I hope you find a way to help her and these children. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be. I wish you well.
Dr. Ditah, MD.
Please, get her to a psychiatrist!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what your friend is experiencing. She is clearly not normal and have a form of psychiatric illness, schizophrenia. Seen how suspicious she is of others around her, she should be more of the paranoid type.
However, I suspect that she probably had a paranoid personality disorder growing up that has become worse and now presents as schizophrenia. She needs the services of a psychiatrist too help her, the children and the family as a whole.
You would also need to take proactive measure to let the authorities know what she is up to and the way she brings up these kids. Though in the strictest sense this is not clearly abuse, she is grooming them to be failures tomorrow. this needs an intervention to help shape these children. I will personal encourage you to talk to child protective services and hear what they say.
In all, she is not normal. She is schizophrenic and probably of the paranoid type. Her past should be able to identify traits of paranoid personality disorder. She needs the services of a psychiatrist and something needs to be done to help bring up these children in a better manner for them to fit and succeed in the society tomorrow. Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what your friend is experiencing. She is clearly not normal and have a form of psychiatric illness, schizophrenia. Seen how suspicious she is of others around her, she should be more of the paranoid type.
However, I suspect that she probably had a paranoid personality disorder growing up that has become worse and now presents as schizophrenia. She needs the services of a psychiatrist too help her, the children and the family as a whole.
You would also need to take proactive measure to let the authorities know what she is up to and the way she brings up these kids. Though in the strictest sense this is not clearly abuse, she is grooming them to be failures tomorrow. this needs an intervention to help shape these children. I will personal encourage you to talk to child protective services and hear what they say.
In all, she is not normal. She is schizophrenic and probably of the paranoid type. Her past should be able to identify traits of paranoid personality disorder. She needs the services of a psychiatrist and something needs to be done to help bring up these children in a better manner for them to fit and succeed in the society tomorrow.
I hope this helps. I hope you find a way to help her and these children. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be. I wish you well.
Dr. Ditah, MD.
I hope this helps. I hope you find a way to help her and these children. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be. I wish you well.
Dr. Ditah, MD.
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