Hallucinations

jakey

Good afternoon, thank you for allowing me to join your group. My mother has been seeing "people" in her house. She is convinced I have let the people in. She becomes very angry and accusatory, I can defuse most situations, this one I cannot. I made the mistake of saying "nobody was here" Then she says I am calling her crazy. I attempted the spirit rout, that our spirit guides are checking in... That worked slightly, then she goes right back. I have no idea how to handle this one.

Anyone have similar situations?

Thank you.

J

SusanB-dil

Hi Jakey - welcome to 'here', but sorry for the reason. Have you tried telling her 'I'm sorry you are so upset, I will tell them to leave immediately' or anything similar? You could see if that might help. If she is truly staying more agitated than not about it, maybe a medicine adjustment might be in order.

PurpleFinch

Hi J! I agree with Susan- try to validate her feelings and tell her you'll take care of it. My LO had similar hallucinations before she had to be placed in MC. She would call me and I would go over to help "kick the people out". I would thank her for telling me about the people and I would ask her to stay in one of the "safe" rooms while I go talk to the other people in the house. The first time I just asked the people to leave loud enough for my LO to hear me. Another time I told the people to leave and "walked" them out (opened the door, told the people to not come back, and closed the door).

Also, I would suggest you check in with her medication prescriber. If she is not currently on medication for her symptoms, this may be an indicator that she should be. My LO stopped having hallucinations of people invading her space once she was put on medication for her symptoms.

M1

Would second the recommendation for medication. These are common and arrnot pleasant her either