“My sister’s depression is probably developing into schizophrenia,” said a friend who I haven’t been in touch with for a long time suddenly called, before I could react, she began to share her secret:
“My sister is my idol and pride of the whole family. She is not only beautiful but also good at studying. After graduation, she successfully became a teacher. My sister often buys delicious food and new clothes for me to take to school. All my classmates envy her.”
However, the happy days didn’t last long, because of breaking up with her boyfriend and the confrontation with her superiors, my sister became quiet, locking herself in her room to cry after work.
Later on, her condition worsened. She stopped going to work and even had suicidal thoughts. Once, she jumped off the building when her family wasn’t paying attention.
Fortunately, the building wasn’t high, so apart from a fracture, my sister didn’t have any serious consequences. My parents realized the seriousness of the problem and took her to the hospital, where the doctor diagnosed her with depression, prescribed medication, and let them go back home.
Perhaps due to the side effects of the medication, my sister sometimes throws away her pills when my parents aren’t looking, so over the years, her condition hasn’t been well controlled. Recently, she sometimes says someone wants to harm her and asks everyone in the family to protect her; other times she says she is bad and everyone is talking bad about her. I think she has developed schizophrenia. Seeing my sister like this now, and my parents with gray hair, I feel very upset…
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