Jared Loughner's separate reality

[Swede]

What do experts mean when they say Tucson shooter Jared Loughner shows symptoms of schizophrenia? A guide to this complex disorder

What is schizophrenia?
It’s the most serious and intractable form of mental illness, marked by delusional thinking, hallucinations, and an inability to function in daily life. Schizophrenics often hear internal voices that issue commands or make terrifying statements—a symptom that inspired the coining, a century ago, of the term “schizophrenia,” from the Greek for “splitting of the mind.”

Modern psychiatry has identified several forms of schizophrenia, with symptoms ranging from bizarre emotional affect and fragmented and wandering attention to poor self-care and strange thought and speech patterns. “A running vacuum cleaner called me filthy names,” said Marcia Murphy in a published account of her schizophrenic episodes. “Laundry machines, air conditioners, cars, and motorcycles all taunted me. The flame on the gas stove also spoke. Sometimes I thought I heard footsteps of huge invisible men following me. As the wind blew, it whispered messages in my ears.”

http://theweek.com/article/index/211475/jared-loughners-separate-reality

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. I'd be surprised if he is diagnosed schizophrenic

It is not very common for a schizophrenic to be violent.

[Ian David]

2. There is a well-paid industry of right-wing pundits whose job it is...

... to steer people like Loughner to the "right targets."

Otherwise, they just "waste" themselves shooting-up a random shopping mall or a Burger King.