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23 People Witnessed Horrible Mental Breakdowns

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My ex had a severe panic attack one night and went outside in just boxers in the middle of winter, lay down in the snow in the fetal position and cried. I had never experienced this before and it freaked me out as I wasn’t sure how to deal with it. He didn’t seem to recognize me or his surroundings. I managed to get him into the house and after some time he snapped out of it. He didn’t remember it happening!

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My aunt has struggled with mental illness her whole life, but when her husband of nearly 40 years left her she spiraled pretty quickly. The family was notified by a neighbor that they hadn’t seen her for weeks and when the house was entered she had defecated in several rooms and would only crawl along the floor. She has been hospitalized ever since.

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When I was little I spent every weekend with my grandparents. We’d visit their neighbors sometimes, they were really religious & just generally beautiful people. They were the kind of couple that you knew were soul mates, just clearly made for each other. Unfortunately the husband got cancer. The doctors didn’t expect him to survive it but he decided to go through chemo anyway. Surprisingly he survived but the journey sent him spiraling into a really dark place. He started drinking & picking fights with his wife then he started getting paranoid & accusing her of all sorts of things. She was infertile & he began to blame her for not being able to have children. Eventually she left him & he would turn up on her doorstep drunk & angry. Last we heard he was basically homeless.

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My father was in the hospital for four months total due to brain damage among many other issues. When he finally got to come home he completely lost his shot a couple of times over really trivial things. One of the worst times was over a blanket. He had thrown out a white blanket about a year before. He came into the living room and started screaming about the blanket. He threw things, flipped the couch over and had a crazed fit for over an hour. He just wouldn’t hear anything anyone had to say to him. Eventually he almost fainted.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.