People see those with schizophrenia as "insane" or "psychotic" due to the media they consume. Society has accepted this as gospel, but we're slowly starting to erase that viewpoint. Obviously, those who suffer with schizophrenia aren't what people say they are, since it's a disorder with a lot more layers to it than people believe. It's more than just "hearing voices", since more of the symptoms include social isolation, agitation, compulsivity, disorganization, and much more.
He was using his body language and gesticulation to make a digresion and push the speach in a new direction for a brief amount of time. Digresion is commonly used in public speaking when one is giving and example, introducing new topic, bringin a guest in, and so on.
It is important to tell a family members about a disability so that they are more knowledgeable about the subject it can help them Understand other ppl more
