Mental Health Issue Help

[PERFORMANCE07]

Hi everyone, my mother who is fairly young has developed a worring issue since last Saturday.

I'll try explain it below in short: (Yugoslav background)
- Friend gathering last week and some things a person said got her worried
- She's been thinking about all this nonstop since then (putting bit by bit together)
- She's stuck in a trance and believes someone put a spell on our family and bad is coming to us
- Tried every way to talk it out but no help
- Doesn't have other health issues

Who do I approach? What do I do? Has anyone dealt with anything similar?

Thanks in advance

[Satan]

its a tough one

real help is hard to get even when the person involved recognises and admits they're not feeling right

does she have a particular friend thats shes closer to than others?

good luck...wish I could help more

[Fozzy]

Maybe a spiritual healer might be better in this sort of situation? If she believes in spells and trances etc it could be beneficial but it could also be a hinderance. Its not an easy one thats for sure.

[Rajvosa]

Depending if you guys are religious, maybe get the priest etc to come visit.

They could bless the house/family etc and might provide relief she is looking for

Good luck mate.

[PERFORMANCE07]

Her friend will be coming today to see her.

So far we have been to the church, GP, hospital ect.. and we've been directed to a psychologist but we'll see.

Might get the priest to come to our house as well.

She says she feels very bad within so probably spiritual and her eyes look as she is hypnotised and in her own world. I think it's a build up of stress that's gone to the next level.

[R3N]

Hypnothist?

[RICEY]

I've experienced this with a friend before but was able to break her out of it, was basically a break down due to a lot of stress and the brain just blue screens to save itself.

It's more common than you would expect.

[TJ]

Rakija will get it sorted.

But for real, priest at the house will help.

[dstyle]

+1 for priest. had one come and check up on my elderly serbian grandfather on a regular basis, he had a few mental issues/flash backs from being a slave to the nazi's and seeing a priest really helped the situation.

[disc0-dan]

100% priest, coming from a Slav background this is common. Get the house and family blessed.

[ELUSIV]

Psych here. Sounds like a combination of a psychological and spiritual issue. Where to start is always the question, often it needs both approaches. I would agree with getting a priest involved. If she is serb orthodox it would have been father Radosh but he has passed away and I can't remember who took over from him.

Hopefully that gets her to a point when she can engage with a psychological intervention that would be needed to target why what was said triggered this particular response. Hopefully to find some resolution to it, or if not come up with a skill-based management plan to protect her from falling back into something like this. An underlying trauma may stay dormant for some time but then the smallest thing could set it off and people mentally can just shut-down as one of many responses to the overwhelming feelings/thoughts it can bring on.

Good luck, well wishes to her.

[PERFORMANCE07]

Priest came to our house yesterday who is also a psychologist.

He said that she's been hanging with the wrong 'friends' and blames my father for letting it go this far.

He's helped her in some ways as she has calmed down and is starting to think for herself somewhat again. I'm trying to adjust my behaviour to try stabilise her thoughts/feelings.

She hasn't slept well or at all the over the last week, sleeping tablets aren't helping so looking for alternatives.