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Schizophrenia is believed to be caused by overwhelming pressures in life that amount to an ultimate break from reality. This break is often over long courses of time, ranging from weeks to months, and sometimes, years. The break often occurs when the individual encounters a new and powerful stress, such as college. It has been shown that many new college students become ill and must take leave, and in this category lie schizophrenics. This leads many to believe that there have been building pressures and anxieties in the individual's life, and this new stress is the last straw, so to speak. This break is seen to be a self-protective break, as the person is protecting his brain from damage or trauma. In order to do this, the brain filters out more and more reality, creating a haven for the patient. The brain, not being perfect, creates a terrifying world that is an exaggerated model of the real world. This is thought by many to be the origin of schizophrenia. There is also a gene that is thought to be linked to this break, and it basically makes certain people more susceptible to this delusion. Other than somewhat vague notions, nobody REALLY knows how the break occurs, or even if a break occurs. The best the psychological world can do is make educated guesses, based on certain data.