A beloved family member has mental illness and I’m trying to better understand him. He has been diagnosed with depression and paranoia, though I believe some of his symptoms align with paranoia schizophrenia,

He gets what he calls “reminders”, usually related to inanimate objects (not people). He will feel like he has been in a certain place before, or he has asked someone to do something, or HE was supposed to do something, and this bothers him. Sometimes he’ll feel like something happened because he didn’t do what he said he would do (for example, strangers who get in a car accident). Other times he feels like he set it up for something completely innocuous to happen (such as a friend waving at him) and that bothers him.

I have experience with anxiety. I know how it feels to have anxiety. He does not have anxiety and I don’t understand how he feels.

Thank you for any help you can provide!!