n the case of Ed Gein. The number of psychotics compared to the
             psychopath are minimal. Psychotics have a mental disease unlike the psychopaths which have a character flaw. To show what a psychotic actually is, the following are two profiles on psychotics with interpreted case histories.
             Herbert Mullin had a normal childhood. Growing up in a middle class family Herbert had no major difficulties. But by the time he was twenty, Herbert started to become violent, had began learning Eastern religions, and became a drug user. In 1969, he started to imitate his brother-in-law and his parents were worried that he suffered from echopraxia. Echopraxia is one of the first symptoms of schizophrenia. Herbert admitted himself into a mental health institution and was diagnosed with having schizophrenia. Six weeks later he was released. Upon released he shaved his head and began slipping away from reality, during this time he was quoted as saying "murder is an act of love". In 1972 Herbert went to visit his parents in Santa Cruz; it was
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