My sister is arguing with my mom right now asking where the knives are and is saying how she took the one thing that she loves to do which is cooking by hiding the knives (minus two). And confessed to her where we actually hid them (in the storage) and now since she kept pushing my mom on its whereabouts. She keeps denying how there’s nothing wrong with her and that she’s been cooking, cleaning, and sleeping 8 hrs a day and she doesn’t want to get a therapist because they didn’t help her in HS (even though the lady was just a counselor) and saw another counselor before she became hospitalized. Says therapy doesn’t help her and doesn’t have anything to say. Denies the voices she’s hearing and says the first time she confessed she was hearing them that it wasn’t them and thought it was the voices but it was just her thinking things.
I keep telling my mom to get advice from people who send me stuff about how to deal with people who are dealing with psychosis and she still hasn’t gotten help for that.
You and your mom’s safety is paramount. If there’s a mental health crisis unit in your city, call them if your safety is threatened. If you call 911 make sure you tell them it’s a psychiatric emergency so they’re prepared.
Good on you for finding information on psychosis, and keep on offering your mom these important resources. One organization that can be very helpful is NAMI: https://www.nami.org/. They may have a local chapter in your area. I’ve found NAMI to be a valuble source of information and support. Good luck to you and your family.
It is often very VERY hard to get an ill person to get any understanding at all that they are not mentally stable. And it is hard to get others to understand that the ill person is ill too. Your living situation is very tough. If your mother locked up the knives I guess she has some idea now just how bad off your sister is. Are you able to talk to your mother about how you feel? I hope you and your mother can make some plans.
Some of this sounds positive. I.e. not saying the voices are real, but are her thoughts, and saying that she’s been sleeping well and working around the house.
Is she on meds? Is she currently doing anything that is delusional?
We hid the knives too when my son was psychotic. At some point a judgment call was made that it was safe to put them back in the kitchen drawers. He had no need for them, and therefore didn’t complain about them being missing. If there had been a legitimate cooking need for them, that would have been a harder call.