Doughertania wrote:Alright, so after a brief midnight chicken break, I have returned with my diagnoses.
- Slyvia - I'd mark her as another anti-social personality disorder case. Seeking pleasure at the expense of others? Check. Lack of remorse? Check. Destruction of property and harm to others? Check and check.
An interesting side note here. Those who suffer from anti-social personality disorder actually have less reactivity to pain and fear. Like, if you hook one of them up to a fMRI, you'll actually see they their brain lights up less then normal people when startled or in pain. Which means that her secretly being an M could actually be explained by her not experience pain in the same way normal people do.
Anyway, here's where it get's fun. See, because she's rebels against authority so much, to the point that blew up her teacher, she might have ODD, or oppositional defiant disorder, specifically the argumentative/defiant behavior category . If that's the case, then she will aggressively disagree with authority, refusing to listen to people like teachers and wardens. Perhaps she'd even go so far as to do the exact opposite of what she is told. Fun thing number 2 is that those who suffer from ODD often develop another conduct disorder. And guess what anti-social personality disorder is? That's right, a conduct disorder.
Now, an important side note. Just because she is rebellious does not automatically mark her as suffering from ODD. But the fact that she blew up a school suggests a rebellious nature that puts others in harms way, which marks her behavior as abnormal.- Charlie - Another case of anti-social personality disorder. He checks off all but one of the categories: aggression to people and animals (not animals, but that party certainly counts), destruction of property (I'm sure liking to see people's darker side involves vandalism and wanton destruction), and serious violations of rules (wanting to cause his fun at all costs). The only thing not here is deceitfulness/theft, but I'm sure that's a thing that fits him.
Gotta say, everyone seems to be sociopath here. Don't get me wrong, it makes sense. Anti-social personality disorder is commonly found in criminal inmates. It's just interesting that most people's idea of a villain is a sociopath. I'd call them psychopaths, but that's no longer in the DSM (the diagnosing manual used by psychologists).
The unfortunate part about this though is that this anti-social personality disorder is what's known as an egosyntonic disorder. That means that the disorder is consistent with the person's view of themselves. As such, they don't have a problem with their behavior, which makes therapy very, very difficult. So even if the Compound had access to the best mental health practices the world has ever seen, it wouldn't do them any good if they couldn't convince the subject to want to change.
Anyone else wanna get a diagnosis? Or is that the end of my enjoyable little tangent?Charlia wrote:Well, let me see. You're funny, you're a nice guy in general, you know when to be serious and when to be silly, you'd probably have a bunch of Far Side books in your office for patients to read, and you seem to know a bunch about psychology in general.
Yeah, I feel like you could do some good. GO OUT THERE AND MAKE US PROUD, YOUNG MAN.
And start a cult of Far Side-loving lunatics. DO IT.
Thanks Charli. That means a lot.
Though I'm going to have to say no to the cult. That seems like a lot of work, and for some reason I think ritualistic sacrifices to Gary Larson wouldn't be good for business.Galnius wrote:When did Doc start being Psych? Your a Doc, not a shrink! Wel...I suppose they are docs...
I've been a psych major for a year. I did some psych stuff in AoV. And psychologists aren't necessarily doctors, though that is what I'm going for.Kractero wrote:Write or talk but if it senses magic inside the writer it will shout at you to stop
Does Felix's luck manipulation/board gaming skills count as magic inside of him? I view it as more of a blessing he received rather then anything internal, but in the end it's up to you how the book reacts.
If you are willing to diagnose characters from other RPs....
What is the list that Rachel possesses?



Thanks Charli. That means a lot.






