Who else has a murderer in their immediate family?

Question

My family is all normal, your everyday family....except for one, my younger brother killed my other little brother( early 20's) in his sleep. He claims it was jealousy over a woman, but i believe he is just crazy. He had signs of schizophrenia I believe. But this makes me question MY sanity, what if i go nuts too, I m terrified he will come after me and my family but he is locked up tight....anyone else had any like experiences and how did you deal with it?? Please be nice, I have been through h**l in the last week!!

Answer 1

OMG!!! Thats horrible, I'm Soo sorry to hear that. It's so... horrible. I literally stopped breathing when i read this. U don't worry about ur own sanity. Have u ever thought about killing ur self and almost gone through with it? Have you ever Really abused an animal? Ever wanted to seriously hurt someone and barly stopped ur self? If u answered no, to these then ur fine. somtimes things like that happen, and usually it's just a chemical inbalence in somone. It is by no means genetic. I am very sorry to hear of your loss and i wish u all the best.

Answer 2

No murderers in my family, just a schizophrenic.  I haven't heard of this kind of violence being linked to schizophrenia, specifically, but there are several different kinds so it's possible.

Here's the really good news:  even late-onset schizophrenia is so rare after the early 20s that you never have to worry about it.  I held my breath until I passed that benchmark, because through the mid teens you're most likely to develop it if you're predisposed.

Finding a good counselor would be an awesome idea.  He or she can tell you what's normal and expected in these instances (yes, there's a 'normal' and an 'expected' for families of murderers, as abnormal as everything seems!) and talk you through your jitters.

I'm very sorry for all the upheaval, and I wish your family the best of luck!