Psycho Friend Pt. 2

So I don't know if you remember my other thread about my friend who acts really fucking weird but heres some more.

Lately he has been acting a lot worse than he was in the past. He acts like a completely different person. He always seems depressed. Now he walks behind us, sits away from us, doesn't laugh.

Tonight he called me up for one of the occasional "life" talks that we have when I try to help him out. It is always filled with him bitching about retarded things like how his job at the dollar store is so bad, or how some people are "admired" and have better statuses than him. He makes some valid points, and LOTS of mindless babble that I don't know how to interpret, but he always repeats the same shit.

I spent over 3 hours on the phone with him trying to talk some sense into him. After every point I would make he would just go right back into complaining about shit completely ignoring what I had just said. He also links a lot of things together that have nothing to do with eachother like I said "I want you to wake up tomarrow, talk to your mom about what we did tonight, and go get some help" He followed this up with "Yeah my moms going to get me a job at the hospital making 9 an hour" I was like dude do you hear what I'm saying he's like "yeah yeah I feel you."

So after repeating myself many times I finally say I am going to go and made him promise me that when he wakes up tomarrow he is going to get help. I almost guarentee he's going to say he forgot, or that he doesn't need it or something.

This was sort of to just vent what I have on my mind at the moment, and also to ask a question. The question being, do you think that I am wasting my time trying to talk to him and help him? Do you think he will always just ignore what I say, or do you think if I beat him in the head with it he will end up doing it? I can sort of foresee in the future him getting mad at me because he thinks by telling him to see a psychiatrist I am being mean, but it is really what he should do. If he doesn't do something soon I think I may have to discontinue my friendship to him because it always just seems to get worse.

I could sit here and write a book about him but I'm going to go now. Just drop some advice.

* Also, for the people who don't remember he is totally fucking weird. Here are some things.

-Says random things that make no sense and is serious.

-Stalks girls if he gets with them, like if she doesnt call him for a day he'll hit her up like "why dont u like me nomoreeeee"

-Thinks he has the worst life in the world and is sadly mistaken.

-Is constantly depressed, he has been in his latest stage for about 4 months.

-Acts different when we're around other people like he'll start acting obnoxious to us.

-And he just generally acts/thinks/says fucked up things like "dude like I think so much more complex than anyone else, I see how the world is shit. How I need to kiss peoples asses at work. How nomatter what I buy it won't replace things I can't by like a girl or friends" And all kinds of fucking crazy shit like that.

I will sum it up with the latest incident.

The other day we were bored and hes like "I got my hack." So we start playing and everytime someone is about to hit it he like jumps out of the way and runs and spins in circles. So eventually he gets out, picks up his hack and says "Fuck you guys this is my hack." And we're like dude let us finish the game. He says "No I payed good fucking money for this hack it is mine you guys are assholes for getting me out" And then he says a bunch more shit and then goes "Dude see what happens when u bring out a ball with beads in it, imagine if it was a gun instead." This totally fucking baffled us.

Whoa...Dude is totally off his rocker. Bypass him all together and tell someone that is in a position to make him go.

I think the problem is you guys are playing hackysack.

'tell me who your friend is and i'll tell you who you are.'

your homie is not going to change so pass him off. whenever you feel you're trying harder each time to please a friend you know shit ain't equal. with friends you're going to have those issues, but when its a constraining issue plus continous it comes down to you.

not tryin to fuck anything up just tryin to help

So your friend's fucking weird... get rid of him.

Oh!

I have a friend who acts the same way, due to a worsening mental illness. We were out one night and he was talking to this girl who was keen on him and had come out with us just to see him and he starts telling her about how he's been beating it so much that he's memorised all the lines from his porno's and he can't come anymore. She freaked out. Needless to say, the majority of my posse doesn't want him to come out with us anymore but i feel like if we ditch him to sit at home by himself all the time, he's just going to get worse. Besides, i'll feel like shit if i abandon my bro in his time of need, but if i stick up for him, i'll end up being the one designated to be responsible for him when we're out and it'll ruin my time. What to do.

The worst part of it all has been watching him slowly disintegrate and get worse and worse over the past year or so. Life sucks.

dont keep it all on you. tell his parents, or whatever friends he has or who can help.

sharing, is probably the best thing to do. then move away slowly.

if i were you i'd go to his mom or dad, and get his family to have one of those interventions to wake him up

clearly he's not going to get the help he needs of his own will ... and its really not your responsiblity to make sure he gets this help

you can send him in the right direction, but thats all you can do is show him the door he's gotta open it up right?

Originally posted by fermentor666

I think the problem is you guys are playing hackysack.

YES.

it sucks to think about it, but your friend may actually be going crazy. a good friend from high school went completely nuts a few years after he graduated. it started off with him being sort of anti social, then he wouldnt leave the house for weeks on end, then he started talking about the most insane shit, and eventually freaked out and tried to choke out his little sister. we joked about him going nuts because we didnt think it would actually happen to a friend of ours, but it did. he nows lives in a home for different people and collects social security. its sad as fuck when i think about it because he used to be 100% normal joe schmoe. i hope your buddy is alright.

Tell him no one wants to hear his sob story and warn him you'll quit being his friend / or will beat him up if he doesnt get help and quit being a bitch.

Kick that bitch made emo to the curb. You don't need someone like that hanging around you. it'll ruin your rep.

I mean, dude works at the dollar store for chrissakes!

i'd tell him to fuck off and die..i wouldnt want someone that wierd hanging around.

One second thought... what's so wrong with your friend muttering a little nonsense here and there? Maybe he's trying to get a rise out of you fools. Go off about something completely absurd with the guy until it results in hilarity and he feels like part of the conversation... just as long as you make it clear to him talking about putting babies in blenders isn't the best way to go about getting girls or securing jobs I don't see the problem.

My friends and I always talk about weird shit.. difference is, we all have one-another's backs when some bitch wants to get snooty about our over-active imaginations... stop being so ho-ish towards your boy, dude's probably just depressed with a dark sense of humor and you assholes are making him feel worse.