Musi waJanuary 3, 1889, Nietzsche akatambura nepfungwa. Mapurisa maviri akauya kwaari mushure mekunge aita mhirizhonga mumigwagwa yeTurin. Chii chakaitika hachizivikanwe, asi nyaya inodzokororwa kakawanda kubva nguva pfupi mushure mekufa kwake inotaura kuti Nietzsche akapupurira kurohwa kwebhiza kune rumwe rutivi rwePiazza Carlo Alberto, akamhanya kuenda kubhiza, akakandira maoko ake kumusoro kumutsipa kuti aridzivirire, uye akabva adonha pasi. Mumazuva mashomanana akatevera, Nietzsche akatumira zvinyorwa zvidiki zvinozivikanwa seWanzettel ("Madness Letters") kune dzimwe shamwari dzinosanganisira Wahima Wagner naJacob Burckhardt. Vazhinji vavo vakasainwa "Guzos", kunyange zvazvo vamwe vakasainwawo "Guzos" "wakarovererwa pamuchinjikwa". Kuwedzera kune mumwe wake Burckhardt, Julius Nietzsche akaonekwa muna Kukadzi 1889.
Musi wa3 January 1889