Strange how paranoid schizoprenics from the 80s were more articulate than today's influencers with millions of followers

This guy seems to have it together more than half the people I work with

My best friend from the first grade became schizophrenic as a teenager. My family moved about 250 miles away when I was 12, but we kept in contact through letters and phone calls. This was in the 90's. At 18 he had his own apartment that the government was paying for and he had recently been released from a behavioral health type facility or something after attacking his step dad pretty bad about 2 years prior. I didn't know the full details, and he said they put him there as an alternative to juvenile hall because he acted crazy on purpose. I thought he attacked his step dad because he didn't like him and they were arguing about something. I didn't know he had gone full blown schizophrenic and attacked his step dad because he thought he was a zombie until later. We hadn't spoken at all while he was in there. He asked me to come live with him in his apartment, and I was excited to go. Just turning 18 myself. Shortly after moving into his apartment I notice he was saying weird things and acting kinda strange sometimes. The first night his real dad comes to visit, I had known him since I was a kid. During the visit my friend starts acting weird and walks into his room and turns the radio on kinda loud, and starts reading passages from the Bible outloud. The same ones over and over. His dad tells me to be careful being around my friend and maybe it's not a good idea I stay there. I ask why, and he thought I knew my friend had been diagnosed with schizophrenia like 3 years before and had been having delusional spells. And attacked not only his step dad, but his mom as well, accusing them of being zombies. He only told me it was his step dad. He loved his mom and was very close with her. That surprised me. In the following few weeks it would become obvious he was crazy. The next day actually. He would go into trances, where he would be unresponsive. He would sometimes talk and make arm and hand gestures during these trances like he's swordfighting or something. He would come out of them and immediately walk into his room and start reading outloud from the Bible over the radio playing. For hours sometimes. He would be fairly normal and cool to be around between trances though. But violent. He was a big dude. We were in a bad complex in Phoenix and while out walking around, or going to the store, he would get into altercations with people easy. He would throw up made up gang signs at gangsters sometimes just to start a fight with them. He had told me he's schizo eventually, and I was still his friend and wanted to help him back to normal somehow. One day after a trance I asked him where he went. He told me he is saint Micheal from the Bible. Living on earth to find Satan and kill him. Satan was living on earth in a body at that point in time he claimed, and he goes into trances where he leaves his body and fights demons and entities on the other side to find the person Satan is in. He had been saint Micheal for the past 2 years or so, and has been searching every since. These trances became more and more frequent, and he was in his room a lot reading the Bible outloud. I realized I couldn't help him, and things were going downhill at the apartment. I couldn't find much of a job, and his government checks weren't very much. I started thinking about leaving, and he could tell. One night he basically tells me I can't leave him alone, because he'll lose it completely. But he had started acting kinda snakey towards me. Looking at me funny sometimes and saying things about me during his trances, like I was suddenly in his delusions. One night I wake up on the living room couch, where I slept, to find him standing over me holding a fork from the kitchen in his hands. He seemed to be in trance mode. He was just staring at me. I snap him out of it and he says: "it's you. It's been you all along, I just didn't realize. That's why you were put into my life, so I wouldn't suspect you. But you've been the one I'm searching for." He then kinda snaps out of it more, looks around, tells me not to trust him, and walks in his room and shuts the door and starts reading from the Bible. Louder than usual. I packed my clothes right then, knowing he now thinks I'm the devil on earth and he has to kill me. I stayed up the next few hours until sunrise, with a knife in my hands. By the front door. At sunrise I leave and use what little money I had made to buy a greyhound bus ticket back to my parents house, on the other side of the state. I never spoke to him again. He left a few messages on our answering machine the next year or so, basically going off the rails about a bunch of craziness that reminds me of this guy. Just saying so many random, made up things non stop. No sanity left. I don't know whatever happened to him, but it's scary they just give people like that free apartments, in complexes full of people who don't know how crazy the guy next door is.

A crazy man just put up with a woman asking questions non stop for 13 minutes.. without a breakdown occurring sooner... He does better than my father. Give this man a medal and his grass.

I used to be fascinated by people with these sorts of delusional disorders. To my naive younger self, they had a sort of creativity that I envied, so I'd seek them out and talk to them. In the end, the main lesson I came away with was the scary realization that if you go crazy, you'll be the last one to know it.

I love this guy. He's figured out the whole system.

I once lived across the street from a schizophrenic man named Mike. He was always pacing up and down his driveway screaming at random cars that passed by. Sometimes, he would just carry on yelling at nothing, but we found out later it was the voices in his head that put him into such a rage. Back then, we all used to party a lot and stay up all hours of the night. So one night, I went over there to talk with him. I was drunk, but so curious to find out more about him. He was very anxious to talk to people because he really had no human interaction. He lived alone and it was pretty sad. This was another reason why I had stopped over. He talked about how his next door neighbor was always spying on him and how he could see her footprints in the snow on his property. He always thought people were after him. One night, he invited a few of us to go inside his house. We were hesitant at first, but then said fuck it. I mean we lived across the street and figured if he tried something, we could handle him. He showed us this notebook that had all sorts of mathematical equations in it. If I recall correctly, I believe he said he was a machinist by trade. He told me he was fired years back because of some equation they said he got wrong. He was so adamant about showing me all of these different numbers in this notebook that he had written down over an unknown timespan. He was tormented by what had happened and it seemed like he was trying to convince me that they were the ones that made the mistake, not him. He had a raspy, deep voice and when he talked his facial expressions were so strange. He would smile in a weird way and then a split second later, his face would contort to something I can't really describe to this day. It was really creepy. His home was run down pretty bad and he said he had no running water. I felt really bad for the guy and from that day forward, I would visit him from time to time. I wasn't scared or freaked out by him whatsoever. He was a very sick person who never addressed his schizophrenia correctly. He self medicated with alcohol on a daily basis and I think that's why his delusions were so bad. In 2007, I moved out and really didn't see him too much after that. I regret not trying to stay in better contact with him, but I had alot going on when I moved away. This past summer, I found out from a friend that Mike passed away in his home. I was told he froze to death and it was a week or two before they found him. What a horrible and sad way to leave this world. I think about it all the time. RIP Mike. I hope you're at peace now and free from your torment.

Clearly she’s delusional and I hope she got the help she needed as she seemed so completely lost 😂

This is a common tactic for us time travelers to use in this time era to get free meals and a place to stay

"cuz im getting tired of saying things you already know" ... gave me chills

One of my friends is schizophrenic, and his grandmother told me that he knew things that he should not have known that were not hallucinations. I don’t think all schizophrenia is just insanity

This dude is not crazy... It makes total sense today... He is a dam time soldier. We are trapped in the devils matrix...

I hope that lady got the help she needed.

LOL he ended that like a boss

This is what happens when the CIA thinks you are no longer of use to the company. 🤐

I love how he stands up and is just done with it

“I was enjoying myself by self-medicating myself with hashish” Lol

Nowadays this man would be giving interviews all on the top KZfaq podcast and called a whistleblower and a hero.

I spent almost an hour reading these comments. Wow!

This poor man could pass a polygraph test because he absolutely believes what he is saying.

Whenever I see these fascinating films from decades ago I wonder what became of the people who were interviewed.

Hot take, he's fully rational and telling the truth completely.

I can't explain how not crazy this man is. It's about how much you are ready to understand.

Wow. I could listen to this man for hours! I wish he'd written a book.

my closest friend suffered from schizophrenia. He was an incredible person and died at an early age. I have lost a confidant and one of the most compassionate people I will ever know. RIP Louis ❤

Dude is describing the Matrix, the actual code Neo sees.

I like this guy. He’s clear and concise. He’s sure of himself, and I learned a few new words.

Hollywood script writers need to write this shit down. This is gold

I used to hitchhike in my late teens and found myself around homeless people who would come off like this guy from time to time. I figured they were drug casualties but as ive gotten older ive come to realize many of them most likely had deeper issues like this unfortunate man. Its a mark against society when we treat our suffering fellows so poorly.

I find his manner of speech highly peculiar. And he body gestures, he moved distinctly too. I wish he would write science fiction novels.

This man has AMAZING posture

this guy has it together more than I do, and is more articulate than me aswell. I hope to be on his level one day.

Stephen Baldwin really nailed this audition🤯

It's interesting how I felt kind of cautious towards him when he said he was a known killer. Then that disappeared when he said he killed hundreds.

Sounds like me trying to explain my way out of my "browser-history- interrogation" from my wife😂😂😂

We need more people like this in the world

This guy is such a damn good talker its crazy Imagine if he was the last human left on earth. It would just be normal.

My father was mentally healthy. After an operation he was given newer non-opioid pain killers. He became just like this man. It was frightening and fascinating. They took him off the drugs and he promptly returned to normal. I looked up the drugs in the Physician's Desk Reference and a side effect is psychotomimetic reactions in 10% of patients. This is a brain disease.

This guy is amazing! I would love to see an in depth interview with him being conducted by someone who could ask questions in a manner that would appeal to him enough for him to elaborate in detail some of the things which he is talking about. If he had a camera and a laptop he would probably create an awesome KZfaq channel!

Pedantry refers to the behavior of a pedant, which is someone who is excessively concerned with formal rules and small details that are not important. It involves the undue display of learning and slavish attention to rules, details, and formality, often annoying others by correcting small errors or emphasizing minor details.

It woiuld be cool to go into a job interview and run this routine.

Say what you will, but i love how he conducted himself, despite his "affliction". He seems extremely intelligent, definitely has good oratory skills. I hope he got himself sorted out.

I want a longer video. My uncle came back from the Korean War and was diagnosed Schizophrenic. It very well could have been triggered during the trauma of the war, but I also wonder about the experiments the government did on military.

This dude is amazing. He should write a book.

He seems so irritated she doesn't know all of this already lmfaoo

Please don’t laugh at this poor man. My uncle suffers from paranoid delusions such as this. This is a cruel and devastating illness. Please be kind 😞❤️

This man is exactly who he says he is.. we are now in 2024, and many ppl are suddenly having very real spiritual awakenings.. and none of what he says seems crazy to me. My main thought was, where is this guy now so we can get more info about what the hell is going on in this world right now.

I can’t imagine living in the fight or flight response everyday. It is so hard to live in a separate, very intense reality. 😢

I like how he confirms her questions back to her like it's a stupid question that anyone should know.

This man is able to talk on another level. I would love to be that confident

"Rest, relaxation and hashish" 🙏

It's 2023, we need to go back and listen to these people we thought were "crazy" and use their advice, they're literally giving us the answers

He’s from another dimension.

I think he's processing subconscious realms consciously and it's frustrating him that people can't see what he sees...

His fluency is impressive.

This guy seems quite intelligent despite or because of his mental situation.. pretty impressive imaginative answers for on the spot questions

He’s making complete sense to me. ☯️

How articulate is this guy. Its incredibly engrossing to watch. Theres something very unnerving and strangely believable about how easily the answers roll out, His whole hearted belief in what hes saying makes it so interesting.

He did one thing really well...and that was how he ended the conversation when he no longer wanted to continue.

My grandmother was paranoid schizophrenic and I'm 42 years old now and I think I'm one also. I don't have delusions that I'm in the CIA or anything but I constantly think everyone is out to get me and poison my drink or food and things of that nature.

He took the words right out of my mouth.

Most people did not seem to notice, but our interviewed friend gave the most perfect explanation in regard to his situation: he woke up very, very early. It is as if we tried to build a penthouse over a foundation crafted from wood and nails.

He sounds like an AI with how weirdly he words things, and how he just goes along with any line of questioning.

He’s not wrong, a woman and pot do cure pedentry, even severe pedentry. Also 6:06 kills me every time.

He shut that interview down with the quickness 😂😂😂😂

This guy is actually very articulate and seems borderline genius...yet delusional at the same time. What always stands out to me is how genuine he is. You can tell that he actually believes what he is saying and that this is the reality he lives in. His speech reminds me of if you had someone dreaming while they were awake. Like when you try and talk to someone when they are still half asleep and they don't make sense because it's mumbo jumbo from the subconscious mind, it seems like some type of neurological issue .

I love his concluding response. He seems very honest at least.

My Uncle was schizophrenic and I was somewhat fascinated with trying to understand what was going on in his head but he was never this articulate.

I find mental health conditions fascinating. I was diagnosed with an emotionally unstable personality disorder. I honestly had no idea. When the clinician told me I said "oh, I didn't know that". They said "yes Darren, that is generally how these things work". I honestly think I'm ok, then I see things like this and just hope to god that I'm not as far gone as this dude.

This guy is telling the truth I know this because I'm a schizophrenic

This guy is a real life K-PAX. I'm willing to bet they went to his room one day and he was gone.

It’s 2023 now. So I expect many people would view him as completely sane and affirm what he is saying as “his” truth. They would also see him as a legit whistleblower of a huge government conspiracy. He’d have a crazy huge social media following

" i was medicating myself with hashish"

A very articulate guy.

This guy is the real John Conner....

Pedantry: Obsessive concerns with minor details or rules. This guy knows what he is talking about.

“And from the past, thats where I was two weeks ago.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

This guy was way before the times. All of this stuff he’s saying has been talked about for years now

This guy is considered totally normal in today's society 😂

He definitely seems military trained! Was he in a government program and experimented on since childhood? A lot of horrible things were done to children in the name of “science”! It’s been going on for decades! Hopefully he got the help he needed and deprogrammed if that were done

I heard Johnny Depp in an interview talking about studying a character for a role in which the character loses his mind and falls into madness. And he said if you lose your mind and aren't aware of it - then you're home scot-free. But if you're aware that you're losing your mind then it's gonna leave some sort of trauma.

He's revealing all the things we are now discovering to be true...

I’m not an expert, but it seems like both delusion and intentional deceit are happening. Usually asking to repeat the question or repeating it yourself is for more time to craft an answer.

Imagine if this guy was right about everything?

I wouldn’t doubt it one bit if this man is totally SANE HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HES TALKING ABOUT

Pretty much can lead this guy with any question and he will have the answer. The mind is very powerful

This guy was way ahead of his time! I think he's onto something! 🤔

He seems like a pleasant man

he's not crazy. he is telling the truth.

This is the first upload of yours I've watched and it was absolutely fascinating.... can't wait to watch to more of your channel. ❤

Interviewer does a great job.

He would be a social media celebrity today, on par with Peterson and Rogan 😂

I think this man knows more than most of us.

I believe him, Project Pegasus, Operation Looking Glass. Even if he killed 100's people, That doesn't make him a bad guy.

I have childhood onsite schizophrenia. I have the kind were I have delusions and hallucinations and catatonic, where my brain moves painfully slowly. The catatonic is more problematic. But when there is abuse to me or any around me, then delusions and hallucinations become really bad. I will see dead people walking. When I was 9 and 10 the school teacher were bad child abusers. The floor was cement with tile. Bugs, spiders, snakes and rats would come up through the floor and climb on me and eat me.. It was very real to me. And I would be sent to the office to be beat for it. My mother also had schizophrenia. I am not sure if any others on my mothers side also had. I also have Multiple personalities. Around 20 of them. When I was 10 mental health told me to keep my hair long. Because it can seem like I am on drugs, and my hair, when tested, will show I do not do drugs.

My son has been schizophrenic since 18 he is now 25 and is currently sectioned after his 3rd relapse. His delusions are as real to him as me typing here now this message. He sees demonic figures - angels - a woman called Mary who is nasty to him and in his reality he has a direct line of contact to God who has a box where when he presses a button he will die. His realities are running deep even with medication. It shatters my heart that this illness has gripped him. I see so much of my son in this man who speaks in this video even the tone of the voice the head movements - the pauses. It is a terrible affliction but I know my son has this beautiful mind and gentle character which is trapped and blocked by the voices and visions that rage around him I would not wish it on my worst enemy :(

He had his story pretty fucking tight. I'll give him that.

Stuff like this reminds me of the old paranormal/Alien shows from the 70s and 80s that don’t haven’t come on TV in years. Used to be, you could see reruns, however, that’s just me missing stuff from my childhood. There was this one really old episode of “In search of” with Lenard Nemoie? Spock, the guy who played Spock who’s name I can’t spell. Anyway, long set up, but I was watching and episode about how people think they are aliens. This one guy, very tall and red headed young man, riding a 10-speed around. Making his case that he was an alien, because he never felt like a human. The guy was depressed, or going through an episode of his own. If you saw that, it was pretty clear that an alien, he was not. My mother used to love stuff like that, I did too, until people started taking this kind of stuff as the truth. Okay, and an episode of coast to coast AM with Art Bell, they had this guy on, early 2000s replay of a late 90s episode, and it’s magical. This guy, he didn’t call in, but was invited on, because he used to work at Area 51. Talked about an alien revolt that was happening one day, and how he alone fought off all the aliens with a hand gun. At least, in this video, we can acknowledge that this guy has a mental illness.

These interviews are so fascinating

Thank you for your service in the Comp wars sir.