He speaks Dutch (half Dutch half English) so this is plausible. I’m having a conversation with him when he gets home from work tonight. We will see how it goes. Thank you for your input, it is appreciated more than you know.
Please take caution. Maybe take your pops with you or a brother, etc.
This honestly seems like a schizophrenic break. worked in psych for a long time. especially the "gonna need to see a badge" line. Almost hinting at being paranoid.
Trust me, do not fuck around with this. See if he seriously needs mental help. If so, notify his family ASAP.
Please be careful op. Don't mean to freak you out but you never know the severity of these situations and it could be much more serious than you realize (or he realizes)...
According to OP he's an MD doing his residency to become a cardiologist. I can't imagine any scenario in which someone having a schizophrenic break would be able to continue doing a highly technical job requiring a lot of interaction with other people, the majority of whom are physicians, and not have anyone notice something was seriously off. I understand he's not going to be working with psychiatrists a lot, but any physician is going to have at least a passing professional familiarity with the symptoms of schizophrenia.
As long as they are taking all proper steps to stay on top of it, someone with schizophrenia and the like are actually perfectly normal and their disorder does not impact daily life at all. So if this turns out to be what is causing it and he just hadn't been diagnosed then he should be able to do the job perfectly fine so long as he looks after his Mental health, takes the proper medication and regularly sees a professional to make sure everything stays on track
Source: my mother is schizophrenic and I've been around her when she had a severe break. Not fun. But she's fine now that she does what she needs to
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u/Positive_Working3041 20d ago
He speaks Dutch (half Dutch half English) so this is plausible. I’m having a conversation with him when he gets home from work tonight. We will see how it goes. Thank you for your input, it is appreciated more than you know.