r/mentalhealth

6h ago

u/GeoTasha

Suddenly I feel hopeless and depressed.

Need Support

A close family member developed schizophrenia a couple years ago and a few months ago I found out it's probably drug-induced. it took a while to get him help as he lives alone so it's now permanent. Getting to know this information gave me a lot of grief as I never thought this person would do drugs. I also suffered because someone at work found out and the news spread, and I felt isolated.

Now last weekend I met with s close friend and she disclosed out of the blue that she had an episode of psychosis a few years ago (before I met her). She never did drugs and was probably stress-induced. She got help and is now taking a maintenance medication as precaution.

after she told me that and I went home I became suddenly very depressed and anxious.…