i think my friend has mental health problems.?

Question

my friend has slowly become more and more psychotic over the past few years. He has started making up stories about his personal life that arent true. and the stories are not exaggerations, but simple things like what he had for dinner, how he got into town etc. there are bigger lies like making up stories of people mugging him in town when we found out later he was never in town. he has so many different personalities for each different group of friends and none of us want to say anything to him because were all a little scared of where it will lead to. he has a tendancy to start a subtle hate campaign against those who oppose him and slowly get rid of them. Has anyone any suggestions?

i have only noticed it recently but others noticed a year ago. nothing at all has changed in his life. he has a genuinely very happy home and has many friends. most have not copped on to his lies yet. its scary some of the things he comes up with. sometimes we just go along with it other times we question the lie but he comes up with another (bad) lie to cover it up. ive read some psychology books and think he might have a borderline personality disorder. it all fits.

Answer 1

he's either needing attention or he's developed multiple personalities. when it comes to mental health there becomes a fine line of negatively getting attention or actually having a psychological disorder. i have a friend that does similar things like making her life more extravagant, or lying about who she did or didn't sleep with the night before, but she does it for the attention. he seems to developing multiple personalities, have they crossed over into different groups of friends are they seeing say Bob instead of Fred? Maybe talk to a psychologist about what you're experiencing for a professional outlook.

Answer 2

This sounds serious enough to warrant attention. But you or your friends cannot help him change. He must have at least one person he trusts enough to 1)get him prayed over once for any demonic activity(I'm sorry, I don't know if you are Christian, but, if not, ignore this), 2) plug him into classes, some 'religious' (not the heavy theological kind), some workshops on family abuse, 3) if he keeps telling made up stories, hear him out but don't take him seriously, then, continue to do other 'normal' things with him, like go to carefully selected movies, zoo, parks, etc. He is in need of a safe, trustworthy mentor. This is what most of us need anyway as we struggle through life's difficulties. I don't know how to help you here on this, but, there are people (older, mature folks) whom you can seek to be emotional buffers or surrogate father/mother figures with boundaries.

Answer 3

Well you need to sit down and talk to him. Confront him about his behavior--that is the best thing to do. Have a list ready to be prepared with those incidents. Then see how he reacts. I would then decide whether or not to tell his family or girlfriend or who ever that could get him help. You could also tell him that you will go with him to get some help or check out some numbers and places for him.

Answer 4

What he is doing is a component of borderline personality disorder. But a Doc would have to actually make the call.

Answer 5

He may be looking for attention. Is there anything different in his home/ work/ regular stuff that can make him want more attention like a divorce or breaking up or someone's not paying enough attention to him. I don't think it's mental. maybe he doesn't feel like he's close enough to you guys, he wants to be accepted more or something.

Answer 6

I dont think that hes mentalin the sense of the word but more like...Trying to be someone he is not to look cooler or to feel important..Why dont you try and sit him down and reassure him that hes liked for who he is and not what does or does not happen to him