10 Beloved Disney Characters Who Had Serious Mental Health Issues

8. Elsa - Frozen

Disorder: Agoraphobia Elsa's powers can cause a very real threat to the people around her, so much so that you could argue that her paranoia early in the film is fully justified. That being said, the two powerful events in her childhood; almost killing her sister Anna and the death of her parents at sea, are the triggers for a very clear disorder, her agoraphobia. The young princess shuts herself away, refusing even to see her sister in the years leading up to her coronation. That event itself is an obvious sign of distress for Elsa; she spends the ceremony and the celebration afterwards in a state of half-panic. Shutting herself away seems the only solution available to protect Anna and her subjects and as a result, her powers almost destroy her. When Elsa plunges the kingdom of Arendelle into deepest winter, she flees, but as soon as she is isolated from everyone she returns to her old habits, creating the ice palace and shutting herself inside. It is only when Anna shows her that their sibling love is greater than any threat does she finally break the cycle, realising that in gaining acceptance from her people that she doesn't need to hide away any longer.