This has to be one of the most interesting articles I have read yet. Your theory really does hold alot of water. In fact, Wikipedia says that a major theme of the film is generational trauma, and of course, trauma is know to absolutely ruin mental health and cause people to lose their mind

Kudos to a well written and incredibly interesting article. If you are interested, I wrote an article about Bruno, and how he is an example of the magician archetype: https://link.medium.com/wtGMEWCBytb

Keep it up