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23 People Witnessed Horrible Mental Breakdowns

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A random guy on the street was crying and looking really distraught as he approached me yelling “CAN YOU HELP ME FIND MY SHOE?! CAN YOU HELP ME FIND MY SHOE?!” Sure enough, the guy was wearing only one shoe, though he happened to be holding the other one in his hand.

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Watched a casual friend that was schizophrenic slowly spiral when he was off his meds. He posted about once a minute for 18 hours on a site we were involved with. It was scary and sad how fast someone can separate from reality.

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When I was 10 my mother had a breakdown and spent and entire night hitting and kicking me, making me tell her I hate her and screaming. She had broken her leg few months before and on top of a chronic condition she was no longer able to work. Seeing my mom turn into this horrible monster terrified me and later that night she had cooled down, gave me a couple painkillers and cried while apologizing. I’ll still never forget how she looked the entire time she was doing that.

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This lady I used to work for once told me about her college roommate who had a childlike regression style breakdown. Apparently her mom was one of those pageant moms and was super hard on her during her childhood which gave her some serious deep-seated issues. My former boss, her roommate, and a couple of friends were getting ready to go out for a night on the town and the roommate just starts babbling and talking like a little girl about how her mom buys her panties with butterflies on them. They wound up having to call the girl’s mom to come get her because she was freaking out so bad, like crying inconsolably in the corner bad. She dropped out shortly after.

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.