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In reply to the discussion: Please someone explain to me how a parent can live in the same house with a child they have raised [View all]abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)He was a normal guy up until around age 19-20. He really came unglued in college. His parents got him help for a while at a facility, but after a few months he seemed to be responding well to medication and they sent him back to college. He hung himself from a tree shortly afterwards. Devastating.
Had a cousin through marriage (not directly related) who also developed schizophrenia in her twenties. She was living at home and her parents were trying to keep an eye on her and get her help. One day she woke up, cut all the cords to every electrical device and left home wearing nothing but her pajamas. She turned up eight years later on the other side of the country in DC living as a homeless person. My aunt helped her out for a while. Got her into a facility where she thrived after getting on proper medications. They moved her to a more relaxed home and she again disappeared. No one has ever heard from her again.