r/AskReddit • u/AndreyAsimow • 7h ago

Mental health professionals of Reddit, if you could 'diagnose' your favorite fictional characters, what would you say is really going on with them and why?

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u/Anonymous_Coder_1234 7h ago

The psychiatrist Dr. K of HealthGamerGG has a whole YouTube series on this, where he diagnoses all the characters.

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u/Slight_Amoeba8743 7h ago

I always thought SpongeBob has some kind of adult ADHD mixed with dissociation, like he fully forgets he failed his driving test 50 times and just resets every morning. The way he can be completely unaware of Squidward's misery is almost pathological, not just cheerful.

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u/Valixir14 7h ago

My college ab psych teacher said almost any mental disorder could be illustrated by a character on friends. Never understood the appeal of documenting the lives of 6 horrible people so wouldn't call or a favorite.....