re: #117 Fozzie Bear

If this was shizophrenia, it can come out of nowhere, skip generations, etc. The parents might be pretty normal. Or they could be crazypants.

In either case, you can bet they are extremely freaked out and frightened right now.

People with schizophrenia are far more likely to harm themselves than be violent toward the public. Violence is not a symptom of schizophrenia. News and entertainment media tend to link mental illnesses including schizophrenia to criminal violence. Most people with schizophrenia, however, are not violent toward others but are withdrawn and prefer to be left alone. Drug or alcohol abuse raises the risk of violence in people with schizophrenia, particularly if the illness is untreated, but also in people who have no mental illness. When violence does occur, it is most frequently targeted at family members and friends, and more often takes place at home.

schizophrenia.com

(maybe I should put up a page about this, I’m getting tired of clipping and pasting)