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Self Neglect, causes? Solutions?

  • 16-08-2017 11:48pm
    #1
    tomofson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭


    What can cause someone to just completely neglect themselves? I have a close relative who is going through this recently over the last I'd say year or close to a year.

    This person has stopped washing completely and seldom changes his clothes anymore. He stays in his room most of the time, stays indoors for weeks and only leaves when he absolutely has to.

    He is a cousin of mine and I have to live in the same house as him, he lost all his immediate family...

    When I ask him to wash he says he will and then he is ashamed of the way he is and is going to start making some serious changes but he has been saying that for SIX MONTHS.

    What is going on? He was also in the hospital recently for a couple of weeks for other matters and I think was diagnosed with cancer.

    Just some of the necessary information needed, can someone help me I am trying to fully understand the psychology behind this cause I cant put up with this any longer, the house is smelling when I walk in and it is embarrassing for friends to come over and see him in the state he is in he looks like he's falling apart....


Comments

  • #2
    dar100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭dar100


    Stating the obvious here. Sounds like he is having some mental health difficulties. Best bet is to try encourage him to speak to a professional. Sounds like depression, however no one here is in a position to make a call on that. Seek professional support


  • #3
    Freedive Ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Freedive Ireland


    Seek help, but causes? If I had lost all my immediate family, had been in hospital for weeks and recently diagnosed with cancer I'd think self care probably wouldn't be high on my agenda tbh.


  • #4
    noble00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 273 ✭✭noble00


    Hi I think he needs professional help it does sound like he is depressed and rightly so he has been through a lot ,at the moment just tell him you are there if he needs to talk and help with going to gp , he may not even realise just how depressed he is . Best of luck


  • #5
    noble00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 273 ✭✭noble00


    Hi I think he needs professional help it does sound like he is depressed and rightly so he has been through a lot ,at the moment just tell him you are there if he needs to talk and help with going to gp , he may not even realise just how depressed he is . Best of luck


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