Postal Redux

The Psychiatrist: Population pressure and the stress of modern life may cause an increase in violent tendencies. The urban environment is the incubator for all sorts of undesirable behaviors. However, much his atrocities disgust us, he may actually consider himself a hero. This is common among those who, by the popular slang, go postal. In his tortured mind, he may feel that he's battling against impossible odds. It is not unusual for individuals to believe that the entire fate of the world rests with them. In the end, the subject displays all the classic symptoms of paranoid delusions. We may never know exactly what set him off but, rest assured, we will have plenty of time to study him.

The Psychiatrist: After overseeing the subject for some time now, the primary assessment enters its closing stages. The subject's only next of kin refuses to cooperate with the ongoing evaluation. While the subject remains largely unresponsive to outside stimuli, caretakers have reported brief moments of coherency. During these increasingly sporadic times of lucidity, he describes himself as embarking on a self-proclaimed "everlasting crusade", some sort of "unending rampage". It is uncertain exactly who he is competing against, but it seems he desires the judgement of some unknown figure. Communication with this unseen voice suggests an inability to distinguish between his delusions and reality. Observation shows him withdrawing further and further into himself. Prognosis is unclear at this point as, despite our continued efforts, the subject's condition seems to only deteriorate with time. He appears to be trapped inside his own mind, in an endless struggle against himself.