schizophrenia ˌskɪtsə(ʊ)ˈfriːnɪə/ noun a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. - The story of a painter who is struggling to create his magnum opus and slowly becomes so immersed in his painting that his wife and daughter become secondary to him. - [Based on the video game Layers of Fear]