[ WP ] A schizophrenic falls in love with one of her hallucinations .

He was so alone. The world spun and twirled about in strange voices and unexpected noises, a whirlwind of imprisoning sound. Why this had happened to him? Chosen to battle the spiritual entities. Every original thought, was accompanied by a barrage of spiteful commentary. It was almost loud enough for a man to go insane. 
 He would have to try and stay calm. Keep walking down the sidewalk even if the ghosts would try to convince him of the impeding death by knife by the boy with the red jacket walking in the direction of the middle school. Fear of the world would make them louder, uncertainty would twist into mental shapes of unstoppable power. People who encounter the man would feel unease at the sight of such wild eyes and such angry attitude. If you ask an Iman, what is jhiad? He would n't talk about the conflicts in the middle east but he would look you directly, `` The battle for your soul.'' 
 All the other entities were evil when fear took ahold. They made things worse. She was the only one to stop not through his power but she stopped because of her. She was different, free of the rest. She would calm him, make sure things would n't get out of hand. She just knew the right things to say. She did n't hurt him, only stood on his side in battle with the others. 
 
 Eventually, Joe had sought treatment for his condition. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital for his own protection. The state was scared he'd hurt people. The forced pills, the regulated meals, the group therapy. It was the cure for love. 
 
 The voices ended. She was gone. He tried to find her in humanity, the woman of his dreams. He could n't give up, she had to be out there amongst the crowds and mountains of the world. She once told him to never give up and so he wore it amongst his morals like a knight receiving a scarf from the lady he fights for. 
 
 Joe sits at home now. Uncertain of the future, lonely, and in the dark. There is no one now but himself. The doctors diagnosed him with paranoid psychosis, temporary schizophrenia and a couple months on pills cleared up all symptoms. Clinical success. It seems like an end to a happy story but any old woman would judge, `` That man needs a woman. He looks so alone.'' 
 

