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  2. Mental disorders in fiction - Wikipedia

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    About a teenage girl who is suffering from depression which results in suicide. Many other characters are also suffering from mental illnesses including bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, and also depression. Saint Jude, 2011 [1] novel by Dawn Wilson. Suffering from manic-depressive illness, Taylor spends her senior year of high school at a place called ...

  3. Sad clown paradox - Wikipedia

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    Alan Moore's 1987 graphic novel Watchmen includes the character of Rorschach telling the story and naming the clown as Pagliacci. [51] Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is ...

  4. List of fictional characters with bipolar disorder - Wikipedia

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    Character Actor(s) Film Director Notes 2008: Maria Elena: Penélope Cruz: Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Woody Allen: Not diagnosed in film, but exhibits drastic mood swings consistent with mania and depression. [1] 2012: Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. Bradley Cooper: Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell [2] 2014: Cam Stuart: Mark Ruffalo ...

  5. Category:Fictional characters with mental disorders - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fictional characters with mental disorders" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club!) - Wikipedia

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    Salvato created stock characters based on anime archetypes that were given Japanese names to emphasize a pseudo-Japanese atmosphere. The name Sayori is a fusion of the Japanese names "Sayuri" and "Saori". [2] When writing the game, Salvato found that he was recognizing the "reality" of characters like Sayori.

  7. Suicide in literature - Wikipedia

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    Authors use the suicide of a character to portray defiance, despair, love, or honor. Whether it is written as the ultimate act of devotion or the result of depression, the act of suicide was and is a prevalent action within the context of English literature.

  8. No Longer Human - Wikipedia

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    No Longer Human (Japanese: 人間失格, Hepburn: Ningen Shikkaku), also translated as A Shameful Life, is a 1948 novel by Japanese author Osamu Dazai.It tells the story of a troubled man incapable of revealing his true self to others, and who, instead, maintains a façade of hollow jocularity, later turning to a life of alcoholism and drug abuse before his final disappearance.

  9. Larry McMurtry - Wikipedia

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    During his recovery, he suffered severe depression. He recovered at the home of his future writing partner Diana Ossana and wrote his novel Streets of Laredo at her kitchen counter. [38] [39] McMurtry married Norma Faye Kesey, the widow of writer Ken Kesey, on April 29, 2011, in a civil ceremony in Archer City. [40]