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Mental Health My friend went crazy

my3rdeye

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And he went crazy FAST. He is more a kind of connection, he got me acid about a year ago, rather than a close buddy. Anyway today i see him at 8:30 am at the outdoor train station. Thats normal, the thing is its like -10 C here today and snowing and he was strolling along barefoot, no shoes or socks at all. He had taken to wearing a top hat a few months ago (a little eccentric i thought but whatever), and his Facebook postings got a little weird. But today i see him and ask him if he's ok, he was like "hey man!". I flat out ask him, because people on the train platform are now staring and giggling, "where are your shoes dude? Did you get caught by a jealous husband and have to run? Did some brothers rob your for your Air Jordans?" (I dont even think that happens anymore). He said he didn't feel like wearing them. There is no way its a money issue or his shoes got stolen at a homeless shelter and he's embarrassed, his family is rich and he isn't homeless (yet). I had to conclude he had simply lost it. And i can't lie, the drugs probably made his shit worse. Like a few months ago he was living with a super hot girl, now hes wandering around shoeless in winter. I asked the person who introduced us, she said he was always a little weird. The sad thing is he was always super nice and got drugs for other people for no personal gain. Even the craziest hobo downtown has shoes, if the police saw him he would be commited.
 
I have to agree. If you had a question like how can you help him, or were trying to understand how someone's mental state can change so rapidly or something like that then maybe it would generate discussion. But the way your post stands it kind of sounds like you just wanted to tell someone how you saw a guy who was so crazy he was barefoot in the cold.
 
It is kind of surprising how somebody could just walk around in cold weather with snow and ice on the ground without shoes, that would be painful and cold!

Although, you can have tactile hallucinations, so maybe he doesn't feel it....

The OP is right, its even crazy for CRAZY people to do something like that!

I guess, just edit the post so that it has a question, maybe ask other people if theyve seen similar behavior, IDK....
 
That would depend on where you are going barefoot......I think its more the barefoot in cold weather thing.....but hey they guy on "Dual Survivor" or whatever the hell it is insists on going barefoot no matter where he is!
 
People change, i think the best thing you can do is (if you see him again) offer him some stronger friendly support..
Maybe offer to buy him a warm coffee at a nearby cafe.. Sit down and have a proper chat to him.
Perhaps you will find everything is fine & he just doesn't like wearing shoes.
But if he has developed some mental conditions, an offering of support can be a very helpful gesture.
 
tripnotyzm said:
Perhaps you will find everything is fine & he just doesn't like wearing shoes.
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True possibility. I have a friend who seems perfectly sane (in my definition at least) and occasionally randomly goes barefoot in January. He just isn't very sensitive to cold and likes the feeling of bare feet. He doesn't do it at the train station, but still. Not everyone unconventional needs to be "committed".
 
tripnotyzm said:
People change, i think the best thing you can do is (if you see him again) offer him some stronger friendly support..
Maybe offer to buy him a warm coffee at a nearby cafe.. Sit down and have a proper chat to him.
Perhaps you will find everything is fine & he just doesn't like wearing shoes.
But if he has developed some mental conditions, an offering of support can be a very helpful gesture.
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Solid advice. We used to have a guy in Leeds was something of a local celebrity, would go everywhere barefoot whatever the weather. Never spoke to the guy but it was clear he enjoyed the attention he inevitably attracted going by the big grin he'd flash whenever he caught the eye of someone staring a little open mouthed. I don't think it was indicative of a problematic mental state in his case, I think he was just making a statement, or preferred something about being barefoot, whatever that was. That in and of itself is not evidence of something going on you should worry about, think as Trip says you might want to have a longer chat to see where his head's really at before you could come to that conclusion.
 
^Yeah, I was gonna mention, there's the "hippie" type people that seem to think it makes them REALLY cool to walk around bare foot....

It's kinda like, "Look how free and unrestrained I am!"....

Of course, this isn't everybody that likes to walk around barefoot, but it's definitely a thing I've noticed over the years.....
 
-Bluehues- I don't exactly believe 'hippies' think that way.. And its pretty irrelevant to the topic anyway.

-My3rdeye- With the information you have provided us, I think that you have received a sufficient range of feedback in this thread..
If this barefooted person you speak of is a valuable being in your life, I would strongly suggest that you reach out to him and try to better understand his ways.
 
I wasn't making a generalization about "hippies" as a whole, just certain people....but whatever, to each their own...
 
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