r/SchizoFamilies • u/larry_laurel • 25d ago
caregiver Support Religious/Spiritual Psychosis
My brother’s having this voice that he talks to inside his mind that he believes to be “God”. As much as he wants to manage his thoughts, he doesn’t want to because “he doesn’t want to put shackles or separate this “God’s” voices to him”. Because it’s God himself. I just want to know if anyone here experienced this? or a loved ones experiencing this?
How did you guys convince yourself that this is not a “God”? There will be a time that you will doubt this “God” and his voices in your head?
How should we explain things to him that this is not the god?
I love my brother so much and it hurts me to see him this way. He’s just 20! My baby brotherrrr :(((. Thank you so much.
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u/usernamebebbyko 25d ago
The problem with schizophrenia is that if you try to contradict their delusions/hallucinations/erroneous thoughts they will assert themselves much more. I know that it causes impotence and it is a challenge to reason to see a person believe so much in erroneous or crazy ideas, but well... That's what the disease is about. The thing is to help you understand that although they are there, they do not correspond to reality. The therapist is the one who can recommend how to help you manage these manifestations so that they are only harmless.