I made a friend over the last few weeks and he’s pretty cool and has a really nice beach house on the coast and me and my gf hang out there a lot because we both really like it. The old man is a cool person and reminds me of my grandpa but he acts weird sometimes but I think this is just how he is and I think he’s lonely so he sees a child he never had in me which is weird but I don’t really have a good connection with my family anymore so I understand those feelings.
He wanted to show me his toy collection so we went to a basement where he had lots of toy UFO and alien toys from the movies. He looked at me for my approval and I said “very nice” but then called me out saying “you’re a disbeliever that’s okay there’s still time for you young bloods” and I felt weird with what he called me especially the use of the word “young bloods” but maybe he meant like new blood. I don’t believe in UFO being aliens so I was like brooo what the hell?
He spoke for about an hour telling me how the universe is inside of an orb and there are multiple orbs including parallel universes that are just like ours. The orbs are of alien origin and we live in “the petri globe” and everything that goes on inside the orbs are part of alien research. The aliens use the things we create on earth in order to incorporate it into their own society, with a higher emphasis on art because art is relative to a lived experience which makes it unique unlike universal principles of scientific variety. He then said aliens are making humans stupid to prevent a “catastrophe” aliens experience time differently to we do because time is a construct that has been created for us and so they know the future and something like humans do something to the universe that fucks it up for these aliens so they imprisoned us in these orbs before we invent the tools we need to be capable of ruining their system.
I’m like “broooo what the hell?” But I didn’t say that I was just saying it in my mind. It sounded cool but it was mostly just creative writing from his end. I asked “so how do you know and who told you” and then he was like “I’m part of a group that has found evidence of these truths” ummm 😧. It was starting to make sense now why one of his favorite movies had Tom Cruise in because he’s an alien Scientologist so I asked old man if he was Scientology and he got kinda angry and shouted “don’t be preposterous!” I’m like bro chill WTH… but he was kinda cool about it and said that Scientology are “dumb American frauds and hacks that only want to sell books and by extension their packages which cost thousands or millions of dollars to complete.” He’s stopped talking about it and then said he wanted to make me Cubano sandwich.
I ate the cubano sandwich
Sounds like my brother. He’s unmedicated schizophrenic but at least it’s all harmless like this, you just gotta steer the conversation away from his trigger topics. Our dad had very harmful delusions though so that kind of behavior worries me lowkey
When I was unmedicated, I had wild stories like this too. I was terrifying to me; I thought the aliens were somehow going to use me destroy all life on the planet. I’m medicated now, but I still sometimes get delusions similar to this, especially in the week before my antipsychotic injection. Some people can become dangerous when they’re psychotic, but most often it’s more frightening and dangerous to the person themselves. I’m not trying to downplay what your dad and you at the hands of your dad experienced, though! Just don’t necessarily jump to the conclusion that this particular person is dangerous to others.
It’s not my dad just some old man friend
So should I ask him if the reason he’s into ufo toys and alien cult is because he has schizophrenia?
Definitely not, I think that might be sort of rude. I was more just sharing my own similar experience. If the guy is harmless he probably enjoys having someone else to talk to about it, and it always feels nice to share “insider information” to a trusted confidant. I would just be concerned if they start being pushy about getting you into the “in group”
I would probably say no. Especially since there are a lot of other conditions including simply age that can cause these symptoms. Asking like this could cause him to become angry (and possibly violent, but not necessarily) or it could cause a lot of shame for him. It could also just cause him to distrust you and could harm the relationship. If you genuinely think he could be harmful to himself or others, then there should be someone you can call. In the US you can call for a wellness check, except I think police are the ones who respond to those unfortunately. If they deem him dangerous to himself or others, he would be brought to a hospital where he would likely receive medication and possibly references to a therapist. But if he seems harmless, it’s probably just best to leave that be and steer conversation away from aliens.
Is his alien cult all schizophrenic then? Should I keep bringing his friend… should I tell my gf 😧
I’m not entirely sure what you’re saying or your degree of seriousness, so I’ll just say schizophrenia is not inherently bad. It is not inherently dangerous. If he does something specific that seems dangerous, maybe stay away. But otherwise it’s most likely harmless. And it’s not necessarily schizophrenia anyway. He could just have some odd beliefs. Most people do.
100% this. Absolutely true. If he’s a good friend keep at it and maybe keep an eye on him if he needs help.