Hello all!
Anybody have any ideas for how to greet a schizoaffective woman on her 55th birthday? Preferrably something biblical as she has been a christian her whole life, but in relapse her christianity multiplies just as her hostility towards her otherwise loved ones.
Out of experience I know that finding the right words can be very challenging, and yes, I do have the Amador book and have read it several times, cover 2 cover
Look forward for any replies
I would try to treat her with a birthday present EXACTLY in a normal way. It may go sideways but doing things different for paranoid SZ is something i think they will pick-up on right away and get paranoid about. I would think about what she would expect to be NORMAL and use that as a guide. Of course in interacting with a SZ we have to have a plan for thier idiosyncrasies.
Hello. My brother, diagnosed decades ago, goes through phases of being very Christian oriented. I just asked him what he would say to a Christian-minded person on their birthday and he suggested a simple “May God bless you on your happy birthday.”
I think you treat people as you normally would, unless they are delusional or in psychosis. They are still people. If the latter is the case, something minimal may be better than trying to do something more elaborate. Keep it simple.