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Devorah Roloff

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We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

you know, your own safety and comfort and you did what you had to do, you know?

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

So it's like, yeah, of course being like a sympathetic, nice person and that being your brother and knowing he's not in his right mind, you're going to feel guilt to some degree, but like you did the right thing for yourself.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

And... It is interesting how a lot of the delusions are like this hypersexual stuff.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

And I'm sure it just depends on like the person and what they, what their delusions are.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

Like you said, I think for some people, it might just be like the constant worry that someone's following them or like the paranoia in that sense.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

It's like, it probably just varies so much.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

It was temporary.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

I think too.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

that was like my first thought as well is like having him in an environment like that for two weeks that's like like you know obviously the situation it's like okay like he you know was a he's treated like a normal citizen would like he gets consequences but it's like there should be something where it's like okay there's a mental illness thing involved in this let's transfer him somewhere where he can get help in the two weeks versus just like stuck in this place that

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

It's going to probably cause more damage than anything else.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

And was this more recent or was this?

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

I was just like โ€“ And I think that that shows, too, how important support groups can be.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

Because I feel like for a lot of people, they might be hesitant to join things and be like โ€“

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

You know, people have so many different thoughts.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

Like, I don't need it that much.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

Or, like, they might think, oh, these people won't really understand.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

Like, if our stories aren't exactly the same.

We're All Insane
Schizophrenia Took My Brother

But it does go to show that it can be a good feeling to just feel heard and understood.