Bianchi, who drove for Manor Marussia last year, remains in a coma in a Nice hospital nine months after suffering a severe head injury when he collided with a recovery vehicle during the Suzuka race.
Bianchi's family remain at his bedside, but Philippe Bianchi, Jules's father says there has been little progress.
"It's unbearable, it's a daily torture," Philippe Bianchi told radio station France Info.
"We sometimes feel like we're going crazy, because for me, it's certainly more terrible than if he had died, as we're not able to help him more than we can.
"In general, progress must be made in the first six months; it's been nine months and Jules is still not awake and there is no significant progress.
"Time goes by and I'm now less optimistic than I may have been two or three months after the crash, when we could hope for a better evolution.
"At some point, you need to be well-grounded and realise how serious the situation is."
Philippe added that should Jules wake up from his coma, new complications could arise, as he remembers a conversation the pair had following Michael Schumacher's skiing accident at the end of 2013.
"If he finds himself with huge disabilities, we're sure it's not at all what he would want," he said.
"We had talked about it. He told us that if he were to have an accident similar to Michael Schumacher's, if he were even just not able to drive anymore, it would be very hard for him to accept, as it was his life."
Philippe also reiterated his appreciation to fans around the world for their continued messages.
"We apologise because we cannot respond to everyone, but we receive the support," he went on to explain. "It gives us enormous energy and it certainly gives tremendous energy to Jules."
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