This causes a schizophrenic to become very dependent on his family to care for him or his caregivers in hospitals if the illness is too severe. Schizophrenia affects the brain. But what does it make us do or feel when we suffer from it? Schizophrenics seem to lose touch with reality and the degree of loss varies among different schizophrenics. Some people may experience schizophrenia severely, while others may not experience it at all. Schizophrenics can have what are called hallucinations. Hallucinations are things that a person sees, hears, or even feels that are present for a schizophrenic, but not for anyone else. The most common hallucination among schizophrenics is hearing voices that do not exist. ("Schizophrenia", Mayoclinic.org) As you can imagine, this causes a schizophrenic to become very confused between what is real and what is just in their mind. Delusions are another symptom of schizophrenics. Delusions can affect someone by making them believe something is true when it is not. There have been cases where people with schizophrenia believe that they themselves are famous figures in history and that they are truly