Does someone have a mental illness?
Browse movies, tv shows, books and more where someone has a mental illness.
Sometimes a character suffering from an explicit mental illness can trigger people who have previously experiences or are experiencing, causing them to relapse or worsen their mental health. For example, there are many shows in which characters deal very explicitly with depression, which might cause someone who has suffered from depression in the past to relapse.
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Movie • 2023 Report
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Schelli
So nothing major. No one really has a diagnosis or anything but SPOILER there are thought of death and there's a little television spot where they show like a depressed barbie doll with crying and stuff and some illnesses are mentioned but nothing major.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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basilpesto
A major female character is described as having psychiatric issues
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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KARINdipity
Main character suffers from depression after the death of her mother two years prior
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
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KamiSteele
The movie opens with a woman with bipolar disorder engaging in an act of murder-suicide, with her leaving a worrying message to her surviving sister beforehand. Dani, the sister, herself has a history of anxiety and dissociation and is still recovering from the loss of her family.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
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Anonymous
this movie was pretty triggering if you have the flavor of mental illness where you’re sometimes not sure of reality
Movie • 2000 Report
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Patrick Bateman the main charac goes through a mental illness where he imagines killing people
Movie • 2022 Report
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Anonymous
Later in the show there might be. Charlie gets diagnosed with OCD later on in the graphic novels.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
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onehorseopenslay
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eleven's mother
TV Show Report
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UnagioLucio
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Jinx is shown struggling with an unspecified mental illness that often manifests as hallucinations of people from her past.
TV Show • 2013 Report
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TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
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Movie Report
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charmedward
These aren't outright named in the film, but one main character suffers from bouts of depressive episodes that make him distant. Another main character has imposter syndrome and is sometimes anxious (in situations when anyone else would also be anxious though).
Movie • 1997 Report
Yes
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KamiSteele
DID, a trauma-based disorder, is a major theme throughout. Mima's character in the TV drama is said to have the disorder, and the movie hints at the possibility that Mima might have the disorder herself. The movie's plot twist is that Rumi, Mima's manager, has episodes where she believes she's Mima, implicitly out of dissociation. While the portrayal of the disorder is reasonably accurate (caused by trauma, large amounts of memory loss, missing time, identity confusion, etc.), it does also fall into some potentially questionable tropes.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
11
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cosmonaut
There are no explicit diagnoses but one of the main characters experiences speaks about having suicidal thoughts, experiences a traumatic flashback, and makes a suicide attempt.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2011 Report
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Movie • 1999 Report
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nrerie
yes, one of the major plot points of the movie is a character's two very severe, untreated mental illnesses.
Video Game • 2017 Report
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KamiSteele
Mental illness is a major significant theme, and all four girls have various symptoms. Sayori explicitly has depression. Yuri is anxiety-prone, has a self-harm habit, and becomes obsessed with the protagonist in Act 2. Natsuki is from an abusive household, and it's implied her tsundere personality is partly trauma responses. Monika is dealing with an existential crisis and can bring up the mental health of the player, the other girls, and herself in Act 3.
TV Show • 2014 Report
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forufourfour
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No specific conditions are named, but Eddie and Honey are both dealing with grief in unhealthy ways resulting in self destructive behaviour and suicidal thoughts.
TV Show • 2005 Report
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itzyaboi.trevor
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The arsonist has OCD and it is talked about a lot to explain why they may be doing what they are doing
Movie • 2023 Report
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Anonymous
There are mentions of a character being misdiagnosed with numerous mental illnesses
TV Show • 2008 Report
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Akwoe
Out of the two main characters, one suffers from extreme PTSD towards the end of the show and is addicted to meth, heroin, and marijuana, while the other is extremely manipulative and arrogant (although it’s never discussed, perhaps borderline or narcissistic?). Several other characters suffer from PTSD. One character is a kleptomaniac and another has cerebral palsy. One character’s behavior is in line with that of a sociopath. There’s a scene where a character experiences a paranoid hallucination.
TV Show • 2011 Report
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Afion
White Christmas- a character has what is presumably schizophrenia (mentions hearing voices) and the show handles it really poorly- she murders someone and kills herself to 'escape the voices'.
Movie • 2004 Report
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a character named Amanda struggles with drug addiction.
TV Show • 1993 Report
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TV Show • 2008 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2021 Report
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Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
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Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
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Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
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CMster
Almost every character