Hello,

My brother was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder, and over the period of 8 years, he was in and out of hospitals and had numerous psychotic episodes. During the episodes, he would usually act out in violence towards me or my parents. For example:

* He showed up with a knife with the intention to kill us and told us that my dad was evil
* In the middle of the night, he biked to my parents house and had a gas can threatening to light their house on fire
* He kicked out a window of a moving car while my parents were driving

There were many more situations like this, and for some reason his paranoia was always directed towards my family. We were very loving to him growing up, and he never had anything to say about what was evil about my dad. It was always general, but then when he would come out of his episode, he would never mention what happened. One time he even said, "I know exactly what I am doing".

My brother passed away in 2011, and we are all filled with grief. I feel that I may be able to receive some comfort knowing that others have psychotic episodes that are directed towards their family. Have you experienced something like this?