u/Low_Bed8037

im f18, very unfamiliar with these things, my stepdad is almost 50. im visiting for the first time in a while to stay the night, he lives with my mom, and ive just been told that hes recently gone into a deep psychosis where he believes everybody is against him and there are men planning to kill him and that everyone else is in on it. is there any way to console him at all or do i just stay in my room and avoid any interaction? or something else? im worried because he tends to get very aggressive and violent in general, so if i do something wrong i dont know how bad things could get. i just want us both to be okay.

im a lesbian currently in love with another girl and we've both been confident in the sense that the feelings are returned, but because of me being the first woman shes felt this way for shes getting hesitant due to internalized homophobia. i want to help her through that, but ive never helped someone with that aspect. what should i say or do to help her feel less bad because of that?