paranoid schizophrenic neighbour-is he dangerous?

It makes me sick that people are more scared of schiophrenics than they are "normal" people. There is simply no statistical information to back that fear up as they are far more likely to hurt themselves. These poor people are scared and live isolated and difficult lives, they should be repected not feared! You are far more likely to be the victim of serious crime from a "normal" person than anyone diagnosed with schizophrenia. THAT IS A FACT! They might act strangely because of delusions but strange and dangerous are two different things. It is the calculated thinking of sane people you have to worry about. Chances are only one in fourteen million that a schizophrenic murders according to an international study that was published by reuters. This means that it is extremely rare, it is only sensationalised by the media because it makes for an unusual and interesting story. So next time you see you beighbors say hello to the poor guy. He is the one who is suffering.

This is true. Do not believe the PC nonsense that is spouted by the media that schizoprhenics are harmless. It simply is not true.

yes they can be dangerous I have a lady next door to me with paranoid schizophrenia ,she has spray chemicles at my child and her friend through the window ,poured bleach over my sisters head ,continuous harassment ,she has done criminal damage to my conservatory roof, and has said we are trying to kill her ,she has now killed her own dog it is a nitemare and no one will help us move ,not even the council will help the police are trying there best to protect us,we have now got a restraining order our lives are a f*****g misery

i am so sorry you are suffering this,i am too suffering abuse,although not as severe as you.everything is geared towards helping people with mental health problems,where are our rights to live in peace

although not all paranod schizophrenics are violent,most only are aggressive when they feel threatened,there can be other problems especially with friend ships,my ps friend accused me of stealing her purse,the police even came to my home.she later found it,i had no apology,i would be very wary of befriending again

apples and oranges...

I have a similar problem as you, but unfortunately the only solution I can offer is to Stay Away from him. He's maybe 60 years old, William Barry (or at least that's one of his pseudonyms) lives at the end of Mavus Road in Old Tappan on the edge of the golf course. I frequently walk up the road along the edge of the course and he thinks I'm violating his property if I so much as walk by it and pick up a ball on the edge of the course. His home is dozens of feet from the edge of the course and clearly does not own the land up to a couple feet from the green! He has threatened me twice over the course of several years and thinks I'm out to abduct or rape or somehow Do Something to his Dog! His dog is well Away from the course and I've only glimpsed the cute pooch once. The man's a threatening nutcase though and, if I'm not mistaken, telephones his (like-minded?) neighbors who live along the same course periphery to "warn" them of my approach, and they sometimes go out into their yards to "watch" for me? The nature of this town has Changed as have the neighbors. The new ones are extremely pretentious and attention/status seekers. Conservative types who probably still fear the "Reds under the beds" and a communist take-over of the government. That sort of thing. I think this is an outgrowth of the Mafia mentality in my neck of the woods. I've walked the same course, on and off, for 40 odd years since I was a tot but never before came across such a disruptive, verbally-abusive madman.

If he finds out you are talking to his parents about him then he will be very suspicious of you. I don't think that is a good idea at all.

I need to know about a person that is in my home...he says he is bi-polar and schizophrenic, mild schizophrenic, he claims. He says that he sees demons and he told me  ,last night, that he hears voices whispering to him telling him to do bad things. He is prone to fits of anger and long periods of angry ranting over nothing. He thinks neighbors are talking about him when they are not and stays up into the early morning because he works him self into thinking people are outside talking about him or watching him through the windows while he has sex with his girlfriend. He talks about wanting to kill people that he is angry at ( He says he feels like he is God and it is like his place to take out bad people). He is very prone to jealousy in regards to his girl friend and hates any male she has contact with, accept her brother or family males. He is always ranting about wanting to beat up or hurt someone or another. He makes off the wall , totally wrong statements about stuff all the time and you cant reason with him or disagree or he is mad and pouts and bit***s about it. There is more also but just from this stuff, am I right to feel he is dangerous to us, the others in the household? He will not see his therapist and refuses to get any type of meds also.

My boyfriend, who I have known or over 20 years, is the most gentle and sweet guy in the world, but he has schizophrenia, and as a result when he is manic many people are afraid of him. I am not at all, but I understand how others feel that way. Seeing someone during a psychotic episode is shocking, but please try to bear in mind that just because someone is highly agitated, does not necessarily mean they are dangerous.

i agree, don't engage with these people.we have a paranoid schizophrenic in our building.i'm the president of the condo association and have tried to reason with her. it never works she goes from 0 to screaming in 2 seconds.she thinks people are going into her unit and taking money and papers.she posts child like notes on our building peg board with large loopy letters.she verbally attacks our elderly residents. since federal funding has been cut for mental health more and more of these people are out of the institutions.i just try to ignore her .she try's to provoke people into an argument. i believe that she is half crazy and half mean person.

Pretty sure I've never seen a person with a thyroid problem attack me or shoot my dog in the face because they felt " threatened". due to what THEY THOUGHT was real.

Your level of safety depends on the levels of care & support provided in your community to people living with serious and persistent mental illness. In many communities in North America, the mental health "system" is in a shambles. Psychiatric hospitals have been closed and, for the most part, resources that were promised for community mental health services did not materialize.

That being said, schizophrenia is a very common illness  (1 in 100 worldwide) -- so clearly many people with this serious brain disorder are able to live safely and with dignity in the community. There is no "cure" for schizophrenia, but there is good modern treatment available, and it works. Individual treatment plans that provide appropriate levels of are key. We should all be aware of what is happening in mental health care, and lobbying for the very best care available.

To the above guest. Coming from someone whom says they are educated about one disorder is clearly not educated about either. You need to go back to school! And find some friends whom are living their lives with these disorders! Or it sounds as though you are taking one personal and handing off the other to be just as bad as you are mad someone making bad comments about yours. Almost all of the forums like these are uneducated and unexperienced people whom do not fully understand these by reading nor do they have personally experienced living with these disorders. They might witness someone near them have a physicotic break but do not fully know the reason behind it. It saddens me that the world views these disorders that were handed down to them and are hereditary as a mental person whom needs to be medicated and or locked up. This might be the case for some but not all. Medications are dangerous and do not cure and often create more issues with horrible sideeffects and life numbing zombiness. Either way they are just as much a struggle for the one dealt with it and top that off with people like this and they have a tough road ahead of tbem gor the rest of their life. It is up to the person dealt with these disorders to fully take time to understand what these disorders entail and how to personally take care of themselves to surrvive in this cruel and judgementsl world.

Again its unfortunate that some are dealt with these cards they didnt ask for. educate yourself fully before writing an experience you do not understand. Your tactic on reasoning with her, how did you approach her? Im sure you were both unkind and immediately treated her like a "mental" person. She might have acted crazy either from her own paranoia or from you pushing her into the state of paranoia which makes people like her snap and act out. If she is mean to the elderly then she must be a mean person or they are being mean to her im not sure. Not everyone living with these disorders act like this all the time but unfortunetly these episode like actions are part of the disorder. If its hard for you to be around it, think about how hard it must be for the ones living with it. People with these disorders are extremely sensitive and moody on a level that is caused by a different brain chemistry than yours. Everything is intense. They are actually much smarter and think much faster and much more detailed because their brains work on intricate levels. It is the stress of being overwhelmed by too many thoughts and feelings at one time on an intense level that lands them into an episode of either rage or depression or even a natural euphoric high. Add in someone whom treats them poorly and its their fault?