10 Beloved Disney Characters Who Had Serious Mental Health Issues

5. Pocahontas - Pocahontas

Disorder: Schizophrenia Anyone who regularly chats to a tree for advice is clearly facing some serious mental health issues, but for Pocahontas, a conversation with Grandmother Willow is far from the end of her delusions. This native American princess also happens to shamanic powers, can communicate with animals and spirits, speak in unknown languages and has prophetic dreams. The sad truth is poor Pochaontas is a schizophrenic. Wandering off from her tribe, she spends her days playing out her delusions in the wilderness of rural Virginia and the shock announcement that she is to be married to one of her father's warriors only increased the intensity of them. Is it any surprise that 'Grandmother Willow' convinces her to follow her 'own path'? The arrival of John Smith and the settlers only confounds the issue further. Facing strangers from another land, people who are utterly different to Pocahontas and her tribe, only makes her situation worse. The line between reality and delusion is clearly blurred. As for John Smith, is he suffering from delusions or is it something much more insidious? Listening to her 'colours on the wind' song and having an awkward introduction to Grandmother Willow, perhaps he simply plays along just to satisfy his lust for this native American princess, all so he can claim her as his wife and take her back to England as his exotic bride. Pocahontas isn't such a sweet love story now, is it?