So I've recently got into a situation where I'm trying to find help for someone. I'm not really sure who to talk to, or what the first steps are to getting someone help.
The situation...
So a guy, 37 yrs old, extremely smart and talented, but also suffers from an extreme lack of motivation. When things are going good for him, he can hold a good job, and be on top of things. But when things start to slip it gets as bad as him not living any where, not eating, and generally just not caring about anything.. etc. The amount of time he keeps a job is very short.
He has no connection to how his actions will affect people, he'll continually say he'll do this or that, be there to help someone, but then the time comes and goes, and nothing ever happens. He says he'll go back to school, he'll miss the dates..etc We try to set up odd jobs for him, and he never shows.
He smokes dope everyday, doesn't drink or do anything else as far as I know... He just doesn't care one way or another if he holds a job and does the right things, or if he falls out of control. He literally feels no empathy at all.. He has no problem taking advantage of people, and doesn't understand what he's doing when he does it.
There has to be some sort of counseling, or drugs to keep him pointed in the right direction, I just fear what they may be, because getting hooked to pills of some sort would be the end lf him.
One of the biggest issues is his family being there to catch him, give him things or loan him money.. etc. They've been cutting him off more and more, but it gets so bad he'll just live in a shack and not eat for days. More and more I just want to ignore it, and let whatever happen to him, happen. But thats not easy either, especially if he needs medical help.
Oh and I think social anxiety disorder has been mentioned from his family, but I don't think thats ever been properly diagnosed.