Canon has established that Anakin, while brilliant, has a very flighty attention span and unless it's something that is deeply important to him or made glaringly obvious, his brain has a tendency to skip over it, and makes him less aware. Anakin and HYPERFOCUS: The flip side of ADHD focus issues.
Eric Bui, a psychiatrist in Toulouse, France, who co-wrote a study that diagnosed one of the most villainous and heroic characters in the Star Wars canon as having borderline personality disorder.
As an ESFP, Anakin Skywalker is exceptionally observant of his environment and he is able to notice subtle changes in social situations. Partly as a result of this, ESFPs have strong social skills and they know how to charm people.
Psychologist Steve Sultanoff also explained Anakin suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, which would be an obstacle when trying to get him to go to therapy.
Growing up as a slave and without a fatherly figure in his life, Anakin also had to leave his mother at the young age of 9 to pursue his Jedi training, which severely halted his development. As a child, he showed extremely impulsive behaviour.
In a study published in the journal Psychiatry Research, French psychologists and psychiatrists determined that Darth Vader had six of the nine criteria used for a BPD diagnosis, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM): Impulsivity. Rage and anger management issues.
Although the decision to turn to the Dark Side was Anakin's alone, the choice did not come from thin air. His natural prone to impulsivity and emotion without the support systems he needed in place made it easier for Anakin to stumble down a path of darkness.
Anakin: 165 - 170. Count Dooku: 160 - 165. Revan: 160. Mace Windu: 155.
Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker, born without a father through the Force. He is the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.
Anakin Skywalker (Vader) has PTSD and BPD
Let's not forget the fact that Anakin was a slave as a child, which is the biggest trauma that could have triggered PTSD for him.
Anakin Skywalker, one of the main characters in the "Star Wars" films, meets the criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader – ENTJ
He's a brilliant, innovative general during the Clone Wars (which is a great series, by the way), and he backs up his Extroverted Thinking with an intuitive process that isn't worried about sticking to Jedi Order tradition.
The lack of coping or direction given to him by the Jedi Order allowed Anakin to become more susceptible to the threats of allowing his fear to win. While the Jedi inform Anakin that "there is no Emotion, there is Peace," it doesn't provide him with the guidance of tackling his emotional instability head-on.
According to our observations on Star Wars, Anakin presents a BPD pattern mainly related to emotional instability, impulsivity, and aggressiveness traits.
Force psychosis was a mental disease that began affecting several young Jedi during the time following the Second Galactic Civil War.
ANAKIN: I won't let this one become real, Padmé. This marks the beginning of Anakin's obsessive fear about losing Padmé. He's not being entirely unreasonable, though; the last time he had these terrible dreams was when his mother was being tortured by the Sand People, and he got there too late to rescue her.
The added risk Darth Vader takes in allowing children to live in a situation where he could have killed them proves that he regrets killing Younglings and will avoid harming any more children for the rest of his days, though intense intimidation is a dark strategy to avoid repeating his Youngling massacre.
She had always behaved older than her age and had recently become the youngest Queen of Naboo, but she too was still fairly young in years. Padmé was born in the year 46 BBY on Naboo, and Anakin was born five years later, in the year 41 BBY. That makes Padmé five years older than Anakin.
It evolved over the years but it never stopped. Palpatine was constantly grooming, manipulating and emotionally abusing Anakin. He presents himself as a kind, accepting figure that gives Anakin what he so desperately craves (acceptance and approval). Palpatine was grooming Anakin to become Darth Vader.
In Star Wars Legends and Canon, Galen Marek (Starkiller) is the only Jedi (other than Obi-Wan Kenobi) to put a beat down on Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker.
Yoda was a legendary Jedi Master and stronger than most in his connection with the Force. Small in size but wise and powerful, he trained Jedi for over 800 years, playing integral roles in the Clone Wars, the instruction of Luke Skywalker, and unlocking the path to immortality.
However, when they next met in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Anakin and Padmé's feelings for one another grew into something resembling love, and their wedding at the end of the film solidified their relationship as one of the most important romances in Star Wars history.
Star Wars has revealed Obi-Wan Kenobi shared Anakin Skywalker's greatest weakness: attachment. Every Jedi must strive for balance, and a key part of this lies in their rejection of attachment. As Star Wars author Charles Soule explained so memorably, there is a difference between love and attachment.
During the battle, Anakin, who had been known as the Sith Lord Darth Vader, was redeemed by Luke and brought balance to the Force. However, the redemption cost Anakin his life, having been mortally wounded by the Emperor, Darth Sidious, while killing his former Master. After his death, Anakin became one with the Force.