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
Yes
163
No
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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
104
No
1
12
It is very clear that mike suffers from PTSD
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
65
No
5
4
KARINdipity
Main character suffers from depression after the death of her mother two years prior
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
62
No
2
6
basilpesto
A major female character is described as having psychiatric issues
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
49
No
0
3
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 • 2023 Report
Yes
46
No
1
3
artsfartz
Several characters throughout the film
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
42
No
1
1
ethan0l_
Angel Dust experiences addiction, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his abuse by his boss, Valentino.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
40
No
17
4
Riley's anxiety
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
40
No
0
4
The stalker certainly has some mental illness.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
37
No
0
0
charlie is suspected to have ocd which leads into a eating disorder
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
32
No
0
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
31
No
0
3
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.
Movie Report
Yes
29
No
0
0
johnny_skullz
Carrie Anne is described as "catatonic"; Ruth Harker is medicated, possibly for mental health problems.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
28
No
0
4
All of the survivors deal with various mental illnesses years following their rescue (i.e. depression, DID/Schizophrenia)
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
28
No
0
1
AmandaAmos
Most of the Gallaghers suffer from addiction and severe trauma. Their mother, Monica is Bipolar and has depression with suicidal tendencies (shows suicide attempt). Ian is diagnosed with Bipolar disorder (shows manic episodes).
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
28
No
0
4
Anonymous
this movie was pretty triggering if you have the flavor of mental illness where you’re sometimes not sure of reality
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
28
No
1
1
Almost every season has atleast 1 character who is mental ill
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
27
No
4
3
Pretty gray. Someone has probable gender dysphoria, another character may or may not be delusional depending on your interpretation
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
26
No
2
0
humanhalfofachilleus
S4
E4
Don't know if this counts, but someone is a sociopath
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
26
No
2
3
Most of the crew likely have some forms of PTSD and people headcannon other stuff but it isn’t explicitly said likely because of the time period it’s set in.
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
26
No
3
5
a character named Amanda struggles with drug addiction.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
26
No
2
0
In the first part of the movie Godwin says Bella has a mental illness, but it's more that she literally has the brain of a child. But bella before she died she were depressed.
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
26
No
1
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
25
No
6
0
ErisFiestas
S1
E1
The little boy, Lucas, has mutism caused by PTSD
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
25
No
0
1
JGlasser5
Multiple characters have different mental illnesses, ranging from OCD, to PTSD, to anxiety, to NPD
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
25
No
0
0
endyomoo
Maxo's character canonically suffers from depression.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
24
No
0
1
onehorseopenslay
S2
E2
eleven's mother
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
24
No
0
0
hydromaniac
Who doesn’t in this show?
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
23
No
0
1
CMster
Almost every character
Movie • 2000 Report
Yes
23
No
0
1
Patrick Bateman the main charac goes through a mental illness where he imagines killing people