Maleficent, the evil lady from Sleeping Beauty is one of the evilest characters of Dinsey. She suffered from Borderline personality disorder (BPD) which means a person has inappropriate or extreme emotional reactions, is highly impulsive and has a history of unstable relationships.
Yes, this is liberating. But is it healthy? In Part I of the Frozen series, I suggested that Elsa experiences something like borderline personality disorder (BPD). In this interpretation, Elsa's frozen rages are an outward display of the emotional dysregulation she feels inside.
It's no secret that Batman's Rogues Gallery represents various mental disorders. The Joker is no exception. In fact, fans and psychologists alike have claimed Joker has a slew of mental health issues. However, the most prominent disorder he suffers from is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
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She does have a fiery temper, however, and is extremely proud. She visits twenty years of pain and suffering on the country where the film takes place simply because she wasn't invited to a party. Her obsessive personality and violent mood swings are indicative of a borderline personality disorder.
Harley Quinn does not have BPD
Mainly in the comics, Harley Quinn is was seen to suffer from visions or fantasies, which could easily be interpreted as psychoses. This is not a trait of BPD but is actually a symptom most commonly associated with Schizophrenia or Schizotypal.
What sets Elsa apart from the mass array of Disney princesses is her inner battle with mental illness, anxiety and depression. In Frozen II, Elsa is the only person who can hear a voice but everyone couldn't.
Loki's dangerous antics and menacing lifestyle puts others at risk. Like Loki, persons with BPD experience disturbing emotional outbursts such as bouts of uncontrollable anger or rage--often followed by shame and guilt.
Research shows that around 1 in 100 people live with BPD and it is most common in early adulthood. It seems to affect men and women equally, but women are more likely to have a diagnosis of BPD. This may be because men are less likely to ask for help.
Myth: BPD Is a Rare Condition
BPD is not a rare condition. Many people have heard of schizophrenia, which occurs in more than 2 million people in the United States alone. BPD is more common than not only schizophrenia but bipolar disorder as well.
The movie Frozen, like the best-loved fairy tales, is a child's take on a profoundly frightening human experience. It is a parable for a common psychological state which can in severe cases lead to extreme dysfunction. We call it emotional dysregulation when it takes the form of BPD.
The result of this research shows that Count Olaf has a personality disorder called antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is also known as psychopathy, sociopathy, or dyssocial personality.
In the movie The Little Mermaid (Clements & Musker, 1989), Ariel displays symptoms of disposophobia, which is defined as the fear of getting rid of things.
Though Mickey is never given the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, many viewers with BPD relate to her actions that could be influenced by BPD symptoms.
Personality Disorder, specifically, Histrionic Personality Disorder plays a key part in Harley Quinn's life. People with Histrionic Personality Disorder are “pervasive and excessive emotionally and display attention-seeking behavior” (Bornstein 1998).
Notorious killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy were diagnosed with APD. Dahmer was diagnosed with BPD, a disorder characterized by impulsivity, mood swings and problems forming interpersonal relationships — thus making it hard to feel empathetic.
For someone with this type of BPD relationship, a “favorite person” is someone they rely on for comfort, happiness, and validation. The relationship with a BPD favorite person may start healthy, but it can often turn into a toxic love-hate cycle known as idealization and devaluation.
The problem with many of the BPD depictions we see on TV is that they fail to consider the totality of the character's lived experience. Instead, they offer an incomplete view of the person, usually through the lens of another character's fear and bewilderment.
For someone with BPD, the favorite person is deemed the most important person in their life. This person can be anyone, but it's often a romantic partner, family member, good friend, or another supportive person (like a coach, therapist, or teacher).
The character of Arthur Fleck is an authentic and well-researched depiction of a man with borderline personality disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder(BPD) and psychopathy both belong to the same cluster of personality disorders, but differ greatly from each other. The disorders have different characteristics, diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses.
Voldemort also “was unable and unwilling to express remorse or empathy for the countless crimes he had committed” (wiki). It is astonishingly evident that Voldemort has an antisocial personality disorder. The next personality disorder in cluster B is Borderline Personality Disorder.
The character of Anna does not have Clinical Depression or Anxiety. In her case, she is faced with debilitating grief that threatens to paralyze her. But being overcome with immobilizing levels of fear, hopelessness, and overwhelmedness has many origins. Depression and anxiety can be crippling.
Snow White can be classified as having Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Princess meets all eight of the criteria listed in the DSM-V to diagnose PTSD (See Appendix A). First, she directly experiences a traumatic event relating to a near death experience (Criterion A1).
While on the other hand, Anna is struggling with overcoming her Depression. Anna had lost her parents, and towards the middle of the film, she loses Elsa. Her companion in this hero's journey is Olaf, and in losing him, she comes to the realization that she has lost Elsa as well.