10 Beloved Disney Characters Who Had Serious Mental Health Issues

3. Snow White's Step Mother / Evil Queen - Snow White And The Seven Dwarves

Disorders: Narcissistic personality disorder, delusions and paranoia The Evil Queen might be one of the most mentally disturbed characters in all of Disney lore. Like Scar in The Lion King, her narccistic personality means she is utterly devoted to her thirst for power, putting herself above all others, even to the extent that we never see her govern her own kingdom. The queen is obsessed with beauty and her passion to be the €˜fairest of all€™ is what leads her to plan the murder of her step daughter without any remorse. However, Scar has nothing on the unravelling mental state of this woman. She suffers intense delusions, starting into a mirror day after day, believing it speaks to her, reaffirming her belief that she is the most beautiful person in her kingdom. Intense paranoia also has its grip on the queen; she forces Snow White to become a bedraggled servant just to maintain her status and cannot shut out her doubts when her step daughter encounters the prince. On the grip of madness she orders the huntsmen to cut out Snow's heart and when that is revealed to have failed she take matters into her own hands, transforming into the witch just to get close enough to Snow to poison her. It is this madness that sends her over the edge...literally...as she dies screaming and haggard over the cliff. It makes Meg Ryan€™s pouty lips or Jackie Stallone€™s meting face seem absolutely normal compared to the obsession with beauty this queen has!