Hi Ella,   I feel for you and your brother and your family as the diagnosis of schizophrenia is not easy to swallow.  The bottom line is: recovery is possible.  Your brother could always go back to school in the future.  Support him and give him encouragement.  Be there for him in not-so-good times as well as good times.  Understand that his reaction to the diagnosis will be one of shock, numbness, denial and grief.  He could benefit from seeing a therapist.  And if he does have schizophrenia, that will require life-long medication so that he has the best outcome.  Rarely is someone with schizophrenia do well on their own without meds.   Lastly, I suggest you tour SchizophreniaConnection, read everyone's SharePosts [the community members' posts, as well as the experts] and you'll see that your brother could have a life, and even thrive, with the illness.   The one thing I would say is not to qjestion him about the events surrounding his resignation.  That happened; the events are real to him even if they didn't happen the way he believes they happened.  So take what he said about it at face value.  Know that a person with schizophrenia often has distorted perceptions about reality.  With time, and after finding the right dose of medication(s), the troubling thoughts will diminish and maybe even disappear.   I encourage you also to suggest to your brother he log on to SchizophreniaConnection and read the SharePosts, too.  Recovery won't happen overnight.  It's a process, not an endpoint.  He will heal in his own time.  Give him all your love.  Develop a relationship where he trusts you, so that if he's tempted to go off his meds or lacks awareness that he has an illness, you will be in a position to find out what his goals are and suggest that staying in treatment and taking meds would enable him to achieve his dreams.  I'm not saying he's going to be resistant to treatment, I throw this out as a possibility down the road.   Your brother sounds like a great guy and he has two wonderful children.   I wish for him all the best.   Regards, cb