Fictional People with Real Mental Illness: Creating More Interesting Characters

Some of the most interesting characters in our favorite books, plays, and movies suffer from real world mental illnesses like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Dissociative Identity Disorder.

This Printable Guide and Video provides a layman's primer on all these mental illnesses along with relevant links that review the symptoms the illnesses cause, and characters who might be said to be exhibiting these illnesses. 

You will see, from a fictional perspective, how and why mentally ill characters can be terrifying, inspiring, thought provoking, illuminating, and unforgettable when presented in fiction. 

If you need help learning how to develop a mentally ill character, you'll find this video and printable guide full of links useful. This information can also be helpful to you when you are pitching your projects with mentally ill characters to producers and studios. 

Mental Illnesses:

• Antisocial Personality Disorder
  
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  
• Borderline Personality Disorder
  
• Bi-Polar Disease
  
• Schizophrenia
• Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Clinical Depression
  
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  

If you're looking for new ways to create better characters, you'll find this guide swiftly gives you new insight, information, and resources you can put to immediate use. 

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