This causes a schizophrenic to become very dependent on their family to take care of them or their caregivers in hospitals if the illness is too severe. Schizophrenia affects the brain. But what drives a person to do or experience when they suffer from it? Schizophrenics seem to lose touch with reality, and the extent of the loss differs among various schizophrenics. Some people may suffer severely from schizophrenia, while for others the schizophrenia is not noticeable at all. Schizophrenics can have what are called hallucinations. Hallucinations are things that a person sees, hears, or even feels that are present in a schizophrenic, but not in anyone else. The most common hallucination in schizophrenics is hearing voices that don't exist. (“Schizophrenia,” Mayoclinic.org) As you might imagine, this causes a schizophrenic to become very confused between what is real and what is only in his or her mind. Another symptom of schizophrenics is delusions. Delusions can affect someone in the way they believe something is true but it isn't. There have been cases when schizophrenic people believe that they themselves are famous people from history and truly