Milestones of Moving On (?)

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Wow Joe that ^^^ is one for the books.

I’d only add, as someone familiar with those kinds of interactions, that when a schizophrenic person eventually (and usually) emerges from their psychosis, the people they respect most and fear least are the ones who sat calmly with them and explained, over and over again, that it’s OK to be scared, but “I wasn’t sent here by the government to steal your thoughts,” for example. In other words: validate the emotions, not the misperception of reality. Act calmly and logically. Don’t blame the victim. But don’t try to understand the world from their perspective, either. Inside their mind is NOT a place you’d ever want to be.

Sure, the WS isn’t floridly psychotic, but they are somewhat out of touch with your version of reality. And I don’t consider WS syndrome to be a severe mental illness, but the metaphor might be useful.