Diagnose a Marvel Character

[Monty_Cristo]

take a marvel character you think is screwed up and analyze them.

ex.

ERIC O'GRADY AKA ANT-MAN

Diagnosis: ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

Common characteristics of people with antisocial personality disorder include:

Persistent lying or stealing http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/bobafett006/antman1.jpg

Recurring difficulties with the law http://image.comicvine.com/uploads/vol/19000/18227/18227-113101-1-the-irredeemable-ant_400.jpg

Tendency to violate the rights and boundaries of others (property, physical, sexual, emotional, legal) http://bp0.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/RYbbW0pRGHI/AAAAAAAAAUY/Qg9S_ZfLPGQ/s1600-h/Ant-Man3-2.JPG

Substance abuse (this is the only criterion he hasn't met, yet)

Aggressive, often violent behavior; prone to getting involved in fights http://bp1.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/RaKVl8O-oLI/AAAAAAAAApM/fuguGfNUOyo/s1600-h/AntMan4-2.JPG http://bp2.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/RYbbWUpRGGI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/mOMbrcwK44E/s1600-h/Ant-Man3-1.JPG

A persistent agitated or depressed feeling (dysphoria) (this definately came across a few times during the series)

Inability to tolerate boredom http://bp2.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/RaKVlMO-oKI/AAAAAAAAApE/1e_wXpFOj_Y/s1600-h/AntMan4-1.JPG http://bp2.blogger.com/_RM1nTPpMDEc/RZ593r7gm4I/AAAAAAAAATs/ZUtWnND4TD8/s1600-h/antmanUntitled-10.jpg

Disregard for the safety of self or others http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16dd5.jpg

A childhood diagnosis of conduct disorders (this wasn't covered in the series but his parents did split w/o leaving a forwarding address)

Lack of remorse for hurting others http://bp0.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/Rh5qt7zprNI/AAAAAAAACIw/S0NiuegH3Rw/s1600-h/Ant-Man+7-3.JPG

Superficial charm http://bp0.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/Rl146eiYhZI/AAAAAAAACsw/FF-c1zwKN_o/s1600-h/Ant-Man+8-1.JPG

Impulsiveness http://www.comicboards.com/avengers/attachments/070526020144/antman6carol.jpg

A sense of extreme entitlement http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/8784/antmanlc3.gif

Inability to make or keep friends http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1541.Weekend_Preview:_Irredeemable_An t-Man_%2312
Lack of guilt http://bp2.blogger.com/_RM1nTPpMDEc/RZ5-br7gnEI/AAAAAAAAAVM/b4Nc6_QxPL0/s1600-h/AntMan_03_Odororeo_+038.jpg
Recklessness, impulsivity http://bp0.blogger.com/_5VgL6ZXwkaw/Rh5qs7zprLI/AAAAAAAACIg/GtKH06B7C48/s1600-h/Ant-Man+7-1.JPG

[Canemacar]

Rogue: Borderline Personality disorder

The general profile of the disorder also typically includes a pervasive instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior, as well as a disturbance in the individual's sense of self.


Gambit: Histrionic personality disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood. Males with HPD usually present with identity diffusion, disturbed relationships, and lack of impulse control. They have antisocial tendencies and are inclined to exploit physical symptoms. These men are emotionally immature, dramatic, and shallow.

Wolverine: Narcissistic personality disorder

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by other special people
4. requires excessive admiration
5. strong sense of entitlement
6. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her
9. arrogant behavior


Bruce Banner: Multiple Personality Disorder(duh)

[Shellhead]

Hulk seems to have an anger management problem.

[Monty_Cristo]

Rogue: Borderline Personality disorder

The general profile of the disorder also typically includes a pervasive instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior, as well as a disturbance in the individual's sense of self.


Gambit: Histrionic personality disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood. Males with HPD usually present with identity diffusion, disturbed relationships, and lack of impulse control. They have antisocial tendencies and are inclined to exploit physical symptoms. These men are emotionally immature, dramatic, and shallow.

Wolverine: Narcissistic personality disorder

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by other special people
4. requires excessive admiration
5. strong sense of entitlement
6. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her
9. arrogant behavior


Bruce Banner: Multiple Personality Disorder(duh)

i agree with most of them except Wolverine. he has displayed a good deal of empathy, in the past. i'm not sure where the fantasies of power come from. if he's a narcissist, then so are the rest of the x-men.

[Bryson the Red]

i agree with most of them except Wolverine. he has displayed a good deal of empathy, in the past. i'm not sure where the fantasies of power come from. if he's a narcissist, then so are the rest of the x-men.

Does the line "I'm the best at what I do." mean anything?

[BeastieRunner]

Can I diagnose Sharon Carter as a total bitch?

[Monty_Cristo]

Does the line "I'm the best at what I do." mean anything?

bragging doesn't make you a narcissist, especially if you're skeleton is laced with an unbreakable metal and you're virtually unkillable. plus, there are criteria to be met with a personality disorder. Wolverine only fits one.

http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/narcissisticpd.htm


Can I diagnose Sharon Carter as a total bitch?

sure but you have to explain why she's a total bitch.

[Bryson the Red]

bragging doesn't make you a narcissist, especially if you're skeleton is laced with an unbreakable metal and you're virtually unkillable. plus, there are criteria to be met with a personality disorder. Wolverine only fits one.

It's only bragging when he tells someone that. Every time I read it, he's just thinking it. Which means he really thinks he's the best at... well... to think he's the best at anything is him just delusional. I'm not saying he's not cool, but he gets his ass kicked a lot. If he thinks he has a skill or power that he has that's better than anyone else, he should know better. He's met just about everyone else in the MU.

[Monty_Cristo]

It's only bragging when he tells someone that. Every time I read it, he's just thinking it. Which means he really thinks he's the best at... well... to think he's the best at anything is him just delusional. I'm not saying he's not cool, but he gets his ass kicked a lot. If he thinks he has a skill or power that he has that's better than anyone else, he should know better. He's met just about everyone else in the MU.

yeah, but what he's thinking to himself is that he's the best killer around. he kind of is. so good was he that Apocalypse made him the horseman Death. and before that, they stripped Cyber of his adamantium to give Wolverine back his adamantium skeleton. he rejectedt he treatment and killed a crapload of Dark Riders. he took off Sabretooth's head. i'd say that he's earned the right to consider himself the best at what he does; killing. i don't even think Logan is very proud of this fact. he's just been killing longer than anyone on the planet. he killed his closest rival.

[Stewy4429]

Can Tigra be a nympho?

You should see her in the ole' West Coast Avengers! She is gettin it on with Wonder Man, Hank Pym, and that one Cat-Man devil, and somebody else obvious that I am forgetting... thats a cat's nature my foot!

[Monty_Cristo]

Can Tigra be a nympho?

You should see her in the ole' West Coast Avengers! She is gettin it on with Wonder Man, Hank Pym, and that one Cat-Man devil, and somebody else obvious that I am forgetting... thats a cat's nature my foot!

i don't know if that counts. her nymphomania is caused by magic.

[Stewy4429]

i don't know if that counts. her nymphomania is caused by magic.

That's what she claims....;)

[Monty_Cristo]

That's what she claims....;)

yeah, more like the 'magic stick' made her a nympho; good ol' Brother Voodoo.

[BeastieRunner]

sure but you have to explain why she's a total bitch.

She killed Cap. Works for me.

[TotalWorldDomination]

Peter Parker:

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (stemming from Survivor Syndrome/Survivor's Guilt)

exposure to a traumatic event- Deaths of Uncle Ben, Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy and Possibly Aunt May. This survivors guilt has transformed itself into a form of Post-Traumatic Stress.

persistently re experience- How many flashbacks to the above events do we have PER ISSUE.

Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (e.g. difficulty falling or staying asleep or hypervigilance)- Peter sleeps very little and is clearly suffering from Hypervigilace as far as aunt may goes.

duration of symptoms more than 1 month- Um... yeah, got that covered.

significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning- Peter is panicked, sarcastic (to avoid serious topics) and has frequent moments of depression, followed by manic highs of activity meant to alleviate his guilt. In recent issues he has even begun to lose his grasp on his own sense of Identity, suggesting that he might be a "Sleeper Skrull".

[Mississippienne]

Tigra is not a nympho. She's been coasting on her cred from the WCA days, and even then she slept with, like, 3 guys. That does not a nympho make. And besides, she was influenced by her "feline soul", which made her act like, well, a cat in heat.

Daredevil shows symptoms of bipolar disorder -- extreme emotional highs and lows, depression, risky behavior, etc.

A friend and I once discussed Baron Helmut Zemo, and we believe he (currently, post-Thunderbolts version) shows signs of being a "healthy" narcissist. He started out as a rather pathetic, deluded person with grandiose sense of his own importance (completely tied in with his family heritage, being "born better"), arrogance, entitlement, you name it. However, Zemo was never a complete Narcissist, because he has empathy. Even at his worst, he is capable of sympathizing with people, such as when he wanted to strike his own adopted child, and then froze, horrified at himself for even thinking of such a thing. As he evolved as a character, Zemo set aside a lot of his delusions of his family's importance, and instead developed self-esteem based on what he, personally, has accomplished. This is not to say he's a good person -- he's still violent and manipulative -- but he has changed.

There is a difference between having a couple of traits of a disorder, and actually having the disorder. My psychology professor used to warn us that freshmen psych students always go hogwild diagnosing themselves with personality disorders! The symptoms may seem familiar, because they are extreme versions of normal personality traits. Everyone brags, or lies, from time to time, but there comes a point where this goes from normal to pathological, and that's where a personality disorder lies.

That being said, it's interesting to look at a list of villains and try to pick out which ones are truly psychopathic. "Psychotic" is tossed around so frequently that it's easy to think that anyone who's violent or mean is psychopathic, but that's not so. The PCL-R, which is used to diagnose psychopaths, has the following criteria:

1. Glibness and superficial charm -- Doctor Doom is an excellent example of a villain who knows how to be charming when it suits him. Loki and Norman Osborn also know how to schmooze.
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth -- Doom, yes. Magneto, in his most "savior of mutant-kind" moods. Apocalypse, definitely.
3. Need for stimulation -- Once again, Doom. When he conquers the world, he gets bored and sets up scenarios for his own defeat, so he can attempt to conquer it again!
4. Pathological lying -- a lot of villains are willing to say or do whatever to get what they want. Doom especially likes to play headgames, make promises that turn out to be traps (see every team-up he's had with Namor, ever).
5. Manipulative behavior -- Doom. Mister Sinister as well.
6. Lack of remorse or guilt -- Sinister. Carnage. Doom seems to be mostly angry that his brilliant plans fail, rather than any damage he might cause to anyone else.
7. Lack of empathy -- a lot of the villains fail on this point. Almost all of them show empathy or concern for someone, at some point, aside from a couple of the kitten-eating maniacs like Carnage. Even Doom wanted to rescue his mother's soul from hell, although the Unthinkable arc showed that he'd sell his one true love to be an anal sex slave if he thought he could make a dime off it.
8. Parasitic lifestyle -- I think the symbiotic relationship a lot of villains have with "their" heroes probably fits this. Spider-man's villains are a good example of this, with Norman Osborn and Venom, et al, practically existing just to make his life miserable.
9. Poor behavioral control -- Most of the villains have little if any regard for societal norms, as evidenced by their willingness to dress in spandex and commit bizarre crimes.
10. Early behavior problems -- most of them were adults before setting out into their life of crime. Norman Osborn, Eddie Brock, even Magneto were once fairly normal young people.
11. Lack of realistic, long-term goals -- Grandiose, half thought out schemes are pretty much Graviton and Electro's MO. Doom is capable of ruling the world but incapable of controlling himself to do so (cf. Emperor Doom, Super-Villain Team-Up).
12. Impulsivity -- this is another most villains fail. A lot of them, especially Apocalypse, Sinister, and Doom, are long-term thinkers and planners. They may be crap plans, but they think them out. A lot of the B-list supervillains that Spidey kicks around are better examples of this.
13. Irresponsibility -- this is one Doom and Magneto fail, since they do provide for their subjects, even if (in Doom's case) it's purely to satisfy their own psychological needs. Apocalypse seems to have no problem turning the world into a desolate wasteland in any alternate timeline in which he rules.
14. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions -- "RICHARDS!" Need I say more? Most of the villains are whiney and unwilling to admit they messed up.
15. Juvenile delinquency -- this sort of fits in with #10.

Based on this, Doom and Apocalypse come across as fitting the psychopathy requirements pretty closely. Norman Osborn and Sinister also come close. Magneto only fits a couple of traits, since he has genuine (if misguided) concern for the fate of his species.

[SweetVampireBuddha]

Just some thoughts -- I'm sure others could add some other points as well. :)

Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder)

Robert Reynolds / The Sentry / The Void

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), as defined by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), is a mental condition whereby a single individual evidences two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. The diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual's behavior and that there is associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness, often referred to as losing time or acute Dissociative Amnesia[1]. The symptoms of DID must not be the direct result of substance abuse or a more general medical condition in order to be diagnosed. DID was originally named Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), and, as referenced above, that name remains in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Patients often exhibit a wide array of symptoms that can resemble other neurologic and psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety disorders, schizophrenic disorders, mood psychosis and seizure disorders. Symptoms of this particular disorder can include:

depression
Robert suffered from depression and was treated by the Psychiatrist Dr. Cornelius.

nightmares

anxiety (sweating, rapid pulse, palpitations)
On numerous occaisions the Sentry has been ineffective due to anxiety.

phobias

panic attacks

physical symptoms (severe headaches or other bodily pain)

fluctuating levels of function, from highly effective to disabled
The Sentry has this symptom in spades.

time distortions, time lapse, and Dissociative Amnesia
Robert made himself and the entire world forget the Sentry and the Void. He also convienently forgot that he had been a troubled youth before drinking the Professor's serum.

sexual dysfunction

eating disorders

post traumatic stress

suicidal preoccupations and attempts

episodes of self-injury
The Void/Sentry fights were self-injurious due to Bob being both the Sentry and the Void.

psychoactive substance use/abuse
Young Robert Reynolds turned to using drugs after being bullied as a child. This was how he discovered the Professor's secret serum.

Other symptoms may include: Depersonalization, which refers to feeling unreal, removed from one's self, and detached from one's physical and mental processes. The patient feels like an observer of his life and may actually see himself as if he were watching a movie. Derealization refers to experiencing familiar persons and surroundings as if they were unfamiliar and strange or unreal.
This could be best shown when Emma Frost entered Bob's mind and found it to be composed of Comic Book pages.

Persons with dissociative identity disorder are often told of things they have done but do not remember and of notable changes in their behavior. They may discover objects, productions, or handwriting that they cannot account for or recognize; they may refer to themselves in the first person plural (we) or in the third person (he, she, they); and they may have amnesia for events that occurred between their mid-childhood and early adolescence. Amnesia for earlier events is normal and widespread.
As the Void Robert unwittingly rampaged across Europe and murdered most members of the Super Heroes of Europe, nearly killed his own sidekick Scout, drove the Hulk into a rage and killed nearly one million people in Manhattan.

[Monty_Cristo]

Just some thoughts -- I'm sure others could add some other points as well. :)

Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder)

Robert Reynolds / The Sentry / The Void

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), as defined by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), is a mental condition whereby a single individual evidences two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. The diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual's behavior and that there is associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness, often referred to as losing time or acute Dissociative Amnesia[1]. The symptoms of DID must not be the direct result of substance abuse or a more general medical condition in order to be diagnosed. DID was originally named Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), and, as referenced above, that name remains in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Patients often exhibit a wide array of symptoms that can resemble other neurologic and psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety disorders, schizophrenic disorders, mood psychosis and seizure disorders. Symptoms of this particular disorder can include:

depression
Robert suffered from depression and was treated by the Psychiatrist Dr. Cornelius.

nightmares

anxiety (sweating, rapid pulse, palpitations)
On numerous occaisions the Sentry has been ineffective due to anxiety.

phobias

panic attacks

physical symptoms (severe headaches or other bodily pain)

fluctuating levels of function, from highly effective to disabled
The Sentry has this symptom in spades.

time distortions, time lapse, and Dissociative Amnesia
Robert made himself and the entire world forget the Sentry and the Void. He also convienently forgot that he had been a troubled youth before drinking the Professor's serum.

sexual dysfunction

eating disorders

post traumatic stress

suicidal preoccupations and attempts

episodes of self-injury
The Void/Sentry fights were self-injurious due to Bob being both the Sentry and the Void.

psychoactive substance use/abuse
Young Robert Reynolds turned to using drugs after being bullied as a child. This was how he discovered the Professor's secret serum.

Other symptoms may include: Depersonalization, which refers to feeling unreal, removed from one's self, and detached from one's physical and mental processes. The patient feels like an observer of his life and may actually see himself as if he were watching a movie. Derealization refers to experiencing familiar persons and surroundings as if they were unfamiliar and strange or unreal.
This could be best shown when Emma Frost entered Bob's mind and found it to be composed of Comic Book pages.

Persons with dissociative identity disorder are often told of things they have done but do not remember and of notable changes in their behavior. They may discover objects, productions, or handwriting that they cannot account for or recognize; they may refer to themselves in the first person plural (we) or in the third person (he, she, they); and they may have amnesia for events that occurred between their mid-childhood and early adolescence. Amnesia for earlier events is normal and widespread.
As the Void Robert unwittingly rampaged across Europe and murdered most members of the Super Heroes of Europe, nearly killed his own sidekick Scout, drove the Hulk into a rage and killed nearly one million people in Manhattan.

i would have to agree with your diagnosis. kind if disturbing that someone with so much power is such a headcase. reminds me of Lloyd Bloch aka the first Moonstone.

[Monty_Cristo]

Tigra is not a nympho. She's been coasting on her cred from the WCA days, and even then she slept with, like, 3 guys. That does not a nympho make. And besides, she was influenced by her "feline soul", which made her act like, well, a cat in heat.

Daredevil shows symptoms of bipolar disorder -- extreme emotional highs and lows, depression, risky behavior, etc.

A friend and I once discussed Baron Helmut Zemo, and we believe he (currently, post-Thunderbolts version) shows signs of being a "healthy" narcissist. He started out as a rather pathetic, deluded person with grandiose sense of his own importance (completely tied in with his family heritage, being "born better"), arrogance, entitlement, you name it. However, Zemo was never a complete Narcissist, because he has empathy. Even at his worst, he is capable of sympathizing with people, such as when he wanted to strike his own adopted child, and then froze, horrified at himself for even thinking of such a thing. As he evolved as a character, Zemo set aside a lot of his delusions of his family's importance, and instead developed self-esteem based on what he, personally, has accomplished. This is not to say he's a good person -- he's still violent and manipulative -- but he has changed.

There is a difference between having a couple of traits of a disorder, and actually having the disorder. My psychology professor used to warn us that freshmen psych students always go hogwild diagnosing themselves with personality disorders! The symptoms may seem familiar, because they are extreme versions of normal personality traits. Everyone brags, or lies, from time to time, but there comes a point where this goes from normal to pathological, and that's where a personality disorder lies.

That being said, it's interesting to look at a list of villains and try to pick out which ones are truly psychopathic. "Psychotic" is tossed around so frequently that it's easy to think that anyone who's violent or mean is psychopathic, but that's not so. The PCL-R, which is used to diagnose psychopaths, has the following criteria:

1. Glibness and superficial charm -- Doctor Doom is an excellent example of a villain who knows how to be charming when it suits him. Loki and Norman Osborn also know how to schmooze.
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth -- Doom, yes. Magneto, in his most "savior of mutant-kind" moods. Apocalypse, definitely.
3. Need for stimulation -- Once again, Doom. When he conquers the world, he gets bored and sets up scenarios for his own defeat, so he can attempt to conquer it again!
4. Pathological lying -- a lot of villains are willing to say or do whatever to get what they want. Doom especially likes to play headgames, make promises that turn out to be traps (see every team-up he's had with Namor, ever).
5. Manipulative behavior -- Doom. Mister Sinister as well.
6. Lack of remorse or guilt -- Sinister. Carnage. Doom seems to be mostly angry that his brilliant plans fail, rather than any damage he might cause to anyone else.
7. Lack of empathy -- a lot of the villains fail on this point. Almost all of them show empathy or concern for someone, at some point, aside from a couple of the kitten-eating maniacs like Carnage. Even Doom wanted to rescue his mother's soul from hell, although the Unthinkable arc showed that he'd sell his one true love to be an anal sex slave if he thought he could make a dime off it.
8. Parasitic lifestyle -- I think the symbiotic relationship a lot of villains have with "their" heroes probably fits this. Spider-man's villains are a good example of this, with Norman Osborn and Venom, et al, practically existing just to make his life miserable.
9. Poor behavioral control -- Most of the villains have little if any regard for societal norms, as evidenced by their willingness to dress in spandex and commit bizarre crimes.
10. Early behavior problems -- most of them were adults before setting out into their life of crime. Norman Osborn, Eddie Brock, even Magneto were once fairly normal young people.
11. Lack of realistic, long-term goals -- Grandiose, half thought out schemes are pretty much Graviton and Electro's MO. Doom is capable of ruling the world but incapable of controlling himself to do so (cf. Emperor Doom, Super-Villain Team-Up).
12. Impulsivity -- this is another most villains fail. A lot of them, especially Apocalypse, Sinister, and Doom, are long-term thinkers and planners. They may be crap plans, but they think them out. A lot of the B-list supervillains that Spidey kicks around are better examples of this.
13. Irresponsibility -- this is one Doom and Magneto fail, since they do provide for their subjects, even if (in Doom's case) it's purely to satisfy their own psychological needs. Apocalypse seems to have no problem turning the world into a desolate wasteland in any alternate timeline in which he rules.
14. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions -- "RICHARDS!" Need I say more? Most of the villains are whiney and unwilling to admit they messed up.
15. Juvenile delinquency -- this sort of fits in with #10.

Based on this, Doom and Apocalypse come across as fitting the psychopathy requirements pretty closely. Norman Osborn and Sinister also come close. Magneto only fits a couple of traits, since he has genuine (if misguided) concern for the fate of his species.


well Norman had a Phineas Gage-like personality shift. maybe the goblin serum damaged his frontal cortex. or maybe it just exaggerated what was already there. i don't know too much about Norman. there's already a very long indepth analysis of Magneto out there. he's definately got Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, for starters. i don't even know if we can count Sinister, since he had had his emotions removed by celestial technology. two character whom i feel comfortable lableing psychopaths are Karla Sofen (Moonstone) and Bentley Wittman (The Wizard). and i agree about Zemo. he was bred to be a narcissist.