my dad is schizophrenic, and his current episode started in december 2022. it’s been getting worrse and worse since then. i dont want to talk about it in detail because its too difficult for me but my mom and i have tried to get him help, got him a therapist, got him a week in inpatient, but he keeps over-taking the medication, not taking it, not going to his therapist, the list goes on. he lives alone and it isnt good for him. his house is entirely full of trash and hes gotten the cops called on him for his behaviour twice in the last month. my parents have been divorced for 20 years and live far apart, i live in a totally different country. i have no idea what to do or how to help him. he needs to be taken care of because he is really unwell but he doesnt see it that way, despite how he is living. i feel like an awful daughter all the time because i feel like im not doing anything to help but i dont know what to do. i try to be there for him but i have to have boundaries because it gets way, way too much.
what can i do? i feel awful because its like nobodys there for him, but he makes it very difficult for us to be there when he refuses to listen or do the things we’re trying to do to help him.
i constantly feel so alone in all of this. i’ve always had a difficult relationship with my dad but its very different now, and it is hard to balance feelings of resentment for things he did when i was a kid with empathy for him now. i don’t have anyone in my life who could possibly understand this.
