6 fiction characters with undiagnosed mental issues
Here’s another post to ruin your childhood. Cracked.com brings swift death to your cherished childhood memories of such characters as the Little Mermaid (Disposophobia, or hoarding) and Sherlock Holmes (Asperger’s). Each character’s condition is supported with loads of evidence. For example, in the case of the Little Mermaid, who is an apparent hoader:
The opening scene in the film depicts Ariel raiding a sunken boat for useless [stuff]. She collects everything she can find, despite having no idea what any of it does.
OK, she’s just a kid. Kids obsess over weird things: that’s not unusual. So it’s not until we see her full empire of secret garbage that we know she has a serious problem. She’s clearly not throwing anything away:
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Full story at Cracked.
