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chknltl

(10,558 posts)
5. We do not know why he wants things.
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:14 PM
Apr 2015

He carries his social security card and his drivers license in a plastic holder tied to a cord around his neck....also on that cord is a smoke detector, (like the one you have in your ceiling) which has twigs and rubber bands and stones and empty cigarette lighters and other random oddities attached to it. Jeff wears other odd contraptions around his legs and he goes nowhere without his bag which is filled with further oddities.

Each and every piece is very important to Jeff. When asked Jeff just says that we wouldn't be able to understand. On rare occasions he has had to dismantle himself from his contraptions in order to enter secure buildings. I once took him to a social security office and Jeff removed enough junk to fill a small gym bag before he could go through their metal detector. (I forewarned the security team about Jeff's handicap and his contraptions, they worked with me on the procedure).

Truth be told, I don't know why anything Jeff has is important to him just that it is damned important to him.

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I have a cousin who has schizophrenia and a Doctorate. JimDandy Apr 2015 #1
Your option results in: chknltl Apr 2015 #3
Don't delete. You need answers. JimDandy Apr 2015 #6
Please show my response #13 to those psych professionals you mentioned. chknltl Apr 2015 #14
I have to one JimDandy Apr 2015 #17
Very cool. Thanks for this JimDandy n/t chknltl Apr 2015 #18
Is Jeff's drivers license proof to him that he is Downwinder Apr 2015 #2
We do not know why he wants things. chknltl Apr 2015 #5
Just a thought. Downwinder Apr 2015 #8
i wish i had an answer olddots Apr 2015 #4
FWIW I wasn't really seeking discussion about my brother chknltl Apr 2015 #7
So, are you any safer than Jeff or someone out there Downwinder Apr 2015 #9
Ouch, you strike a nerve here chknltl Apr 2015 #10
if the local cops know him mopinko Apr 2015 #11
You are in a really difficult situation and I feel for you. cbayer Apr 2015 #12
Most here are asking about Jeff, so I'll talk about him and our family chknltl Apr 2015 #13
Jeff is so very lucky to have you and your brother. cbayer Apr 2015 #15
Thanks, you understand now. chknltl Apr 2015 #16
the trailer idea sounds really good. cbayer Apr 2015 #19
Last week the Secretary of HUD announced that HUD was JimDandy Apr 2015 #20
I alerted Ron to this chknltl Apr 2015 #21
Is he a "good" driver? hunter May 2015 #22
I wouldn't know about his driving ability. chknltl May 2015 #23
I was living in Southern California and had a question I needed to ask a prominent U.C. Berkeley... hunter May 2015 #24
Jeff has his moments chknltl May 2015 #25
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