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[quote=Anonymous]Long story short, my BIL is schizophrenic. After a suicide attempt, he is finally getting some treatment (up until that point he received no treatment).  It's only been a couple of months and the meds are not working. He still hears voices. He still thinks everyone is out to get him.  Fortunately, he lives in another state.  My MIL wants to bring him here b/c she has some guilt about his illness.  Financially it will be catastrophic to her but leaving that aside, I just had a fight with my husband about the whole issue. I told him that if BIL  moves here, while still delusional, he is not welcome in my home around my children and the kids are not to go to MIL's house where BIL would be living. He was shocked. His contention is that since he'd be there to "protect" them that it would be ok for visits.  I'm not comfortable with that. I need the man to have been under successful treatment for a period of time before subjecting my kids to him.  He's got scars all over his face, neck and wrists from various "incidents", he could become violent and frankly, he's very very weird.  I think he needs to get his illness under control before we try and schedule some sort of family reunion. Keep in mind he has had little to no contact with my kids since they were born (going on 9 years now).  He's been "ill" for about 3-4 of those 9 years.  Am I being over-reactionary?  I understand it is easy for me to be "cold" about this since it's not my brother, I have had little contact with this guy and have been knee-deep in the drama of his illness for the past few years.  Anyone out there been through something similar?[/quote]

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