Psychological health

As a kid, my brother would resolve issues violently and with anger and confusion. We both had a difficult time dealing with our parents divorce, constantly switching schools, leaving friends and moving into different apartments but my family knew my brother was... different. My brother has had Schizophrenia for about 2 years now. At the age of about 17/18, he started experimenting with various drugs which drastically change his and our whole family's life. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking and its accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction (wiki). I am not going to explain the specifics of the frightening encounters with my brother but let's just say Hollywood movies barely comes close to the life altering ways of having that type of mental disorder. The night terrors and screaming, thinking he is God, daytime hallucinations, its all real to him. Unfortunately schizophrenia can be drug induced but is also genetic. In my brothers case, it was both. Currently my brother is taking medication but is trying to become mentally stable enough to come off them. Expanding social networks and finding a healthy hobby or type of exercise routine that you like help make life easier and that exactly is helping my brother get better.