"What Michael Did" is a powerful and moving story about Michael Stewart, a Canadian man with schizophrenia, who back in 2002 when he was just 23 killed his mother during a psychotic episode.
In the article, readers are given an intimate look into one family's experience with schizophrenia, as well as the confusing and scary time in which they witnessed the smart and witty Michael they used to know transform into someone else almost entirely ... someone who was paranoid, agitated, lost, and suffering from delusions and hallucinations, including believing that others could read his mind.
Though a heartbreaking tragedy, the story manages to also be inspiring by demonstrating the immense resilience of the Stewart family, and shedding light into how they coped with the loss of one family member and forgiving another who had committed the act.
A must read!
In the article, readers are given an intimate look into one family's experience with schizophrenia, as well as the confusing and scary time in which they witnessed the smart and witty Michael they used to know transform into someone else almost entirely ... someone who was paranoid, agitated, lost, and suffering from delusions and hallucinations, including believing that others could read his mind.
Though a heartbreaking tragedy, the story manages to also be inspiring by demonstrating the immense resilience of the Stewart family, and shedding light into how they coped with the loss of one family member and forgiving another who had committed the act.
A must read!
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