Cindy Murphy
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Well, Tristan, he's unusual because he did have schizophrenia, but he didn't develop it at a young age like most people do. Most people start having symptoms when they're in their teens or early 20s. Looking back at the early part of his life, he did have a learning disability, but it was visual motor integration skills. He was really, really good at school.
Well, Tristan, he's unusual because he did have schizophrenia, but he didn't develop it at a young age like most people do. Most people start having symptoms when they're in their teens or early 20s. Looking back at the early part of his life, he did have a learning disability, but it was visual motor integration skills. He was really, really good at school.
Well, Tristan, he's unusual because he did have schizophrenia, but he didn't develop it at a young age like most people do. Most people start having symptoms when they're in their teens or early 20s. Looking back at the early part of his life, he did have a learning disability, but it was visual motor integration skills. He was really, really good at school.
He was always a little bit of his own little quirky personality, I guess. So as he was growing up, a lot of times we wondered whether he had Asperger's because... You know, he just had a lot of those kind of characteristics and stuff. But otherwise, he was just a normal guy, a normal kid until he was in his 30s, probably about 32, the first time that we noticed some symptoms.
He was always a little bit of his own little quirky personality, I guess. So as he was growing up, a lot of times we wondered whether he had Asperger's because... You know, he just had a lot of those kind of characteristics and stuff. But otherwise, he was just a normal guy, a normal kid until he was in his 30s, probably about 32, the first time that we noticed some symptoms.
He was always a little bit of his own little quirky personality, I guess. So as he was growing up, a lot of times we wondered whether he had Asperger's because... You know, he just had a lot of those kind of characteristics and stuff. But otherwise, he was just a normal guy, a normal kid until he was in his 30s, probably about 32, the first time that we noticed some symptoms.
And it just came out of the blue. He was starting his own company. I was helping him with that. We were friends. you know, applying for business licenses and insurance. And he was, you know, just under a lot of pressure from everything that he was going through because he was supporting his wife and her three children, our three daughters from a prior marriage and his two sons.
And it just came out of the blue. He was starting his own company. I was helping him with that. We were friends. you know, applying for business licenses and insurance. And he was, you know, just under a lot of pressure from everything that he was going through because he was supporting his wife and her three children, our three daughters from a prior marriage and his two sons.
And it just came out of the blue. He was starting his own company. I was helping him with that. We were friends. you know, applying for business licenses and insurance. And he was, you know, just under a lot of pressure from everything that he was going through because he was supporting his wife and her three children, our three daughters from a prior marriage and his two sons.
And, you know, on a very limited and common scale. or no one coming off for a little while there while he was starting his business. So he was just extremely stressed. And I don't know if that's what triggered his first psychotic episode or exactly what it was.
And, you know, on a very limited and common scale. or no one coming off for a little while there while he was starting his business. So he was just extremely stressed. And I don't know if that's what triggered his first psychotic episode or exactly what it was.
And, you know, on a very limited and common scale. or no one coming off for a little while there while he was starting his business. So he was just extremely stressed. And I don't know if that's what triggered his first psychotic episode or exactly what it was.
But all of a sudden, he started talking about people were following him or that somebody put a tracking device on his truck, that there was somebody recording things in his addict. It was all related to his starting his new business, that there were people after him who were trying to sabotage him. And it wasn't reasonable. And we kept trying to talk to him about getting help.
But all of a sudden, he started talking about people were following him or that somebody put a tracking device on his truck, that there was somebody recording things in his addict. It was all related to his starting his new business, that there were people after him who were trying to sabotage him. And it wasn't reasonable. And we kept trying to talk to him about getting help.
But all of a sudden, he started talking about people were following him or that somebody put a tracking device on his truck, that there was somebody recording things in his addict. It was all related to his starting his new business, that there were people after him who were trying to sabotage him. And it wasn't reasonable. And we kept trying to talk to him about getting help.
And at that point in time, we didn't know. We didn't know he had a mental illness. We thought maybe he
And at that point in time, we didn't know. We didn't know he had a mental illness. We thought maybe he