How to deal with crazy

It is sad but many people live with mentally unstable relatives. They can be harmless or, on the contrary, aggressive, but all require special treatment. In any case, you need to consult a specialist who will look at the history of the "problem" family member and will give good advice on how you behave when communicating with them.

Instruction

In Soviet times, the law provided for compulsory isolation and treatment of patients with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Prescribed medical examination and if the person really was sick, he was treated in a specialized institution. But it's pretty hard to insist on hospitalization of mentally unstable family member, if you are a close relative.

So if it happens that you live under the same roof with a mentally ill person, work on your behavior to minimize the risk of aggression on his part. Unstable people are dangerous because of their unpredictability. So you need to constantly be on guard. Even random and completely innocuous collision or touch can cause aggression in unstable personality.

If you feel that the patient's behavior changes for the worse, just leave from the apartment or, if this is not possible, distract the person's attention to his favorite themes. Usually relatives already know that can soothe "psycho". Some just distracted, if you include cartoons, others the sound of the music.

You need to remember that people subject to manic-depressive psychosis, almost no pain. That is, the use of force and pepper sprays don't you just infuriate the sick person. If he intends to go into direct confrontation with you, run away and call for help. But it is not always possible to escape this way, so, in a pinch, you can use self-defense techniques to neutralize and bind the aggressor.

Of course, always try to avoid conflict, behave as calmly and kindly. Take care of keeping a healthy family environments, do not quarrel and do not quarrel with other household members, because a mentally unbalanced person could fall into a frenzy of loud screams.

One single right course of action for communicating with the mentally ill is not. Each individual situation requires an individual approach.

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