10 Beloved Disney Characters Who Had Serious Mental Health Issues

7. Everyone In The Hundred Acre Wood - Winnie The Pooh

Disorders: Schizophrenia. Impulsive and obsessive fixations. General anxiety disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Depressive disorder. Attention defecit disorder How anyone functions in the Hundred Acre Wood is frankly a miracle; particularly since the Canadian Medical Association opened our eyes with an article in 2000 that confirmed just how sick our beloved characters are. Perhaps there is an unhealthy mix of co-dependency and denial. Perhaps these characters don€™t even exist; the obvious answer is that Christopher Robin is a schizophrenic and they all exist as delusions in his mind. But if we put that disturbing though to bed for a second, let€™s look at each character in turn... Winnie The Pooh: Impulsive and Obsessive Fixations - he climbs a tree to raid a bee hive just to fed his obsession for honey, regardless of the consequences. Piglet: General anxiety disorder - he lives in constant stress, worried over the slightest every day activity that the average person wouldn't find stressful. Rabbit: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - his house has to be clean, clean, clean! He inflicts this military dictator-ism on his 'friends', their feeling be damned! Eeyore: Depressive Disorder - The most blindly obvious issue of the all, he lives his life in constant pessimism, unable to appreciate even the smallest things in life. Tigger: Attention Deficit Disorder - Seriously, he can't sit still. He bounces through his friend's lives like a tornado, causing chaos wherever he goes!
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