Devorah Roloff
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
you know, your own safety and comfort and you did what you had to do, you know?
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.
And... It is interesting how a lot of the delusions are like this hypersexual stuff.
And I'm sure it just depends on like the person and what they, what their delusions are.
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.
It's like, it probably just varies so much.
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
It's going to probably cause more damage than anything else.
And was this more recent or was this?
I was just like โ And I think that that shows, too, how important support groups can be.
Because I feel like for a lot of people, they might be hesitant to join things and be like โ
You know, people have so many different thoughts.
Like, I don't need it that much.
Or, like, they might think, oh, these people won't really understand.
Like, if our stories aren't exactly the same.
But it does go to show that it can be a good feeling to just feel heard and understood.