Cartoon or fictional characters can really make children happy due to the attitude and moves that they do in a certain situation. Most children today are choosing cartoons to watch rather than some educational movies. It is true that aside from the psychological movies that were created by famous directors, there are also some fictional characters with psychological disorders that were introduced by professional animators, producers, and directors. These fictional characters also give fun, educate, and interesting role to the children that made them more popular around the world.
Top Fictional Characters
The fictional characters with psychological disorders are listed below.
1. Charlie Brown
Charlie brown is the character that has been very popular for most families. However, he was diagnosed that he is suffering from avoidant personality disorder that’s why some parents disallow their children to watch his show. They do it because there are possibilities that their children might adopt this psychological disorder.
2. Ariel from Little Mermaid
Ariel is the beautiful mermaid and the daughter of the king of the sea. She suffers from disposophobia or compulsive hoarding. This is a type of mental disorder that comes out with a behavior pattern that is characterized by the unnecessary acquisition and unwillingness or inability to remove large quantities of things that cover up the living areas at home. The cause of this disorder is serious impairment or distress.
3. Bruce Banner in the Comic Book Marvelville
He usually works in good of mankind but, there was a time that he was caught in gamma radiation blast that made his size, and the color of his skin different. Bruce Banner was also called “Hulk”. Bruce was diagnosed that he suffers from Dissociative identity disorder. This kind of psychological disorder is usually called as multiple personality disorder. This is a serious mental disorder that determined through the two relative and distinctively enduring dissociated states of personality.
4. Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh
Eeyore is one of the cutest and silent type characters in Winnie the Pooh. Due to his cute and healthy appearance, children desire to hug him. Even though he is a cute character, Eeyore suffers from a certain psychological disorder called dysthymia. The other terms for this disorder are chronic depression, neurotic depression, and dysthymic disorder. This is mood disorder that involves similar physical and cognitive issues like depression and the signs and symptoms of it are not serious. However, they can last for years.
5. SpongeBob
SpongeBob is one of the funniest and loveable characters today. He is the type of character that has an impressive attitude like being optimistic, hardworking, friendly, energetic, always happy, and adventure lover. Even though he has those kinds of attitudes, he was included on the list of fictional characters with psychological disorders. Actually, he has William Syndrome or William Beuren syndrome. This is a very rare neurodevelopmental disorder that can easily recognize due to the distinctive and elfin facial appearance. He has unusual cheerful demeanor and lots of strong and versatile skills.
With the fictional characters with psychological disorders list above, you learned that most characters that were watched by children today who also suffer from various psychological disorders.