text: what should i do in my situation? my wife truly believes someone purposedly installed spyware on our computer to monitor her daily activities (only her activities). however, we all know that it is not true....i know there is a problem in her head, but what can i do to tell her that there is no such thing? she also believes there is nothing wrong with her. this is driving me nuts.... warning: anyone with an assumed mental condition should first see a competent, non-psychiatric physician to ensure that an undiagnosed, untreated physical condition is not causing "psychiatric" symptoms. such care can save a person from being subjected to the abusive and damaging "treatments" rendered by psychiatrists.   mike  --  ps. i am absolutely disgusted by some of the above replies - how quick so many people are to judge that someone is "ill" or "deluded" by a short yahoo answer question. it's absolutely ridiculous. and to the poster that linked to schizophrenia.com i defy you to find anything more atrocious than this segment: "...if the person who has schizophrenia is over the legal age (typically 19 years old), families or friends -- after trying every possible method to get help for their family member -- may end up lying and just saying that the family member is suicidal, or has attempted to harm others. this satisfies the legal requirements that a person is "a danger to self or others" and can be treated involuntarily."* sick.  "if you talk to god, you are praying;  if god talks to you, you have schizophrenia. if the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist;  if god talks to you, you are a schizophrenic."  thomas s. szasz, the second sin, anchor/doubleday, garden city, ny. 1973, page 113.  decoding psychiatric propaganda http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters