9 Game Of Thrones Characters With Severe Personality Disorders

4. Jon Snow

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Poor Jon Snow, doomed forever to stand, stormy faced in the p*ssing snow. Depression runs in Jon's family (whoever they are), with a strong tendency for melancholy running through the Stark DNA. He has a depressive affect much like his half sister Sansa, and it's only been getting worse since heading North.

Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression that worsens during the winter months, with reduced sunlight and colder weather. It's thought that it could be something to do with a "hibernate" instinct.

Early on he can be found laughing and joking with his family in the comparatively temperate environment of Winterfell, but as winter draws in and the night gets darker, so does his outlook. This could also be due to virtually his entire family being slaughtered, his home destroyed and his pesky oath of celibacy - who knows - maybe he should move to Dorne just in case.

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