History Tropers / Jleaffff

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* AnimeOpeningParody
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!!Drafts


* HypocriticalHumor: PTSD chastises Sociopathy for using a gun, right before proceeding to gun down Neurotypicals.
* HealingSpring: The Fountain of SSRI blah blah blah
* MacGuffinGuardian:
* EdibleAmmunition: Inverted in episode 5, where normal bullets are used. Pica eats the lead bullets PTSD shoots at her. Although according to him, he was just offering her a meal.
* TheReveal: In episode 5, [[spoiler:"Depression" has been Bipolar Disorder this whole time.]]
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[[folder:In General]]

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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Most characters are personifications of mental illnesses, including mood disorders, developmental disorders, personality disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders. The sole exception would be Neurotypical, who is a personification of how non-mentally ill people treat those who are mentally ill.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In the original "The Mental Illnesses" video, characters were differentiated with only the signs on their foreheads. In the series, individual characters wear different clothes and have different visual effects to match their character.
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!!Mad House

Characters who reside in the Mad House.

[[folder:ADHD]]
!!ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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->''"I guess it all worked out. What were we talking about again?"''

The personification of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He's hyperactive, forgetful, and impulsive. He describes himself as living in a world "built for the very thing [he] can't do."
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He tells Neurotypical that, despite society using him as the butt of jokes, his disorder very negatively impacts his life. But he still gets distracted easily in the cliche ADHD fashion ("Hey, a bug!" *clap*).
* DelayedReaction: As BPD causes the house to shake, ADHD briefly looks around confused before registering that the house is shaking. Those with ADHD tend to have slower reaction times than those without.
* MotionBlur: His visual distinguishing trait is his motion blur.
* MotorMouth: ADHD’s dialogue is sped up.
* StealthPun: ADHD is constantly ''out of focus''.
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[[folder:Anxiety]]
!!Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD
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->''"I have no evidence to believe him but he's giving me a reason to be scared so he's probably right!"''
The personification of generalized anxiety disorder. The neurotic of the Mad House. Constantly jumpy and willing to believe the worst will happen.
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* NervousWreck: This trope taken to its extreme. Anxiety always jumps to the worst case scenarios when faced with situations.
* PersonalityPowers: Anxiety's precognition fits with his anxious personality, as he is always scared about future events.
* {{Precognition}}: Anxiety has the ability to foresee future events, although the power is limited to some degree.
* QuakingWithFear: He's constantly shaking.
* ShyFingerTwiddling: One of his CharacterTics and the [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first thing we see him do]].
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[[folder:BPD]]
!!BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder
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->''"But seriously, if any of you even think about leaving me I will kill all of you and then myself."''
The personification of borderline personality disorder (BPD). They have trouble controlling their emotions and have a deep fear of being abandoned.
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* EmotionalPowers: When upset, BPD can cause their surroundings to shake. According to Anxiety, they have the ability to destroy the foundation of the house around them. Their power may be a {{Psychoactive Power|s}}. At the end of the first episode they were close to destroying the house in a fit of rage before 180ing their mind and abruptly changing their mood, causing the shaking to stop.
* MoodSwinger: Exaggerated since intense mood shifts are a common symptom of BPD.
* StealthPun: The personality disorder BPD is characterized by instability; unstable emotions, relationships, and behaviours. And what is BPD's power? Making their surroundings ''unstable''.
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[[folder:Dementia]]
!!Dementia
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The personification of dementia. He solemnly speaks and mainly looks around confused.
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* CompositeCharacter: From a psychiatric perspective. Dementia is not one disease but an umbrella term for a group of cognitive conditions which include disorders like Alzeheimer's and vascular dementia.
* MotionBlur: His only appearance has him look around confused while static fills the screen.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: While his age is never stated, dementia looks like an old man since dementia mainly affects the elderly.
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[[folder:Depression]]
!!Depression, Major Depressive Disorder
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[[caption-width-right:300:"I want StockholmSyndrome with the feeling[softreturn]The feeling of being alive."]]
->''"This is a good thing, but I'll find a reason to spin it negatively later."''
The embodiment of clinical depression. He feels like his life is pointless and that life is an oppressive force.
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* BlackBlood: When he tries to shoot himself, his blood is black.
* DeathSeeker: Attempts to get Sociopathy to shoot him in the head in "Robbery."
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Depression is the only character in monochrome. See GloomyGray.
* TheEeyore: This trope taken to its logical extreme with Depression literally being a personification of clinical depression. He's the most pessimistic and downer member of the illnesses, and is proven to be suicidal.
* GloomyGray: He's in monochrome to visually represent his seemingly never-ending despair.
* {{Immortality}}: Depression cannot die.
* PerpetualFrowner: Constantly frowns. The only time he's smiled in ''The Mental Illnesses'' is when he thought he was about to die.
* SelfHarm: Depression alludes to being a self-harmer in "Stockholm Syndrome With Being Alive".
-->''But if I could view it all as a good somehow\\
Every scar on my arm would be healed by now''
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: In "The Mental Illnesses 4", it is revealed that his power is {{Immortality}}. When you're suicidal, [[BlessedWithSuck that's the worst power you could possibly have]].
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[[folder:OCD]]
!!OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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[[caption-width-right:300:"Gotta open the door. Gotta close the door. Gotta open the door. Gotta close the door."]]
->''"Everyone would die if I don't keep the doorknob clean!"''

The personification of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: OCD's thoughts tell him that if he doesn't keep the doorknob clean, everyone will die. This leads him to compulsively clean the doorknob.
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[[folder:PTSD]]
!!PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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->''"My... problem?"''
The personification of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). [[TraumaButton Reminding him of his trauma]] sends him into flashbacks. He takes the role of TeamDad in the Mad House.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: He stands up for Schizophrenia when Sociopathy bullies him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: What else would you expect from a character who’s literally PTSD?
* FlashbackEffects: Although subtle, PTSD's movements are slightly blurry, resembling common film techniques used in flashbacks.
* NoodleIncident: In a too-horrible-to-mention example, the event that traumatized PTSD is a never outright stated.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In the pilot episode, he mentions spending time in Iraq. Sociopathy pretends to be ISIS to [[TraumaButton intentionally trigger him]]. In the official series, he wears a BulletproofVest, also hinting at his past.
* TalkToTheFist: Delivers a swift punch to Sociopathy when he continues to encourage Schizophrenia's delusions. "Yeah, that's enough."
* ThousandYardStare: Experiences this in the first episode.
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[[folder:Schizophrenia]]
!!Schizophrenia, Paranoid Schizophrenia
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->''"My entire framework to interpret the world has crumbled."''
The personification of paranoid schizophrenia. His life was going well up until the age of 19 when he developed schizophrenia. [[FourthWallObserver He interprets reality differently from the others]].
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Schizophrenia Explains Schizophrenia || The Mental Illnesses 3.5". Schizophrenia explains to the audience (who are actually the [[HearingVoices voices in his head]]) his condition. He explains what can cause schizophrenia and what it's like to live with it. He elaborates on the stigma surrounding his disorder and urges the audience to treat schizophrenics like normal people, while also accomodating for their delusions.
* FourthWallObserver: In “Laugh Track”, it’s revealed that Schizophrenia is aware him and the other characters are in a web series. He observes the LaughTrack, the 2D medium, and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles the fact that everyone is played by the same actor]]. He’s even aware they’re part of a show considered the “spiritual successor to a web series about political ideologies [Centricide].” However, his observations are written off by the others as one of his delusions.
* OddFriendship: With PTSD. Schizophrenia and PTSD have different causes and different symptoms, but both are commonly treated with antipsyhotics. PTSD describes flashbacks as being pulled out of reality similar to psychosis. Schizophrenia's first psychotic episode was also very traumatic for him. PTSD often hangs around Schizophrenia because of these reasons.
* ProperlyParanoid: He's paranoid that his reality is fake and that they're all living in a contrived sitcom premise created by a higher power. He's correct, but, as it stands, has no way to prove it.
* TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: Exaggerated and parodied in the initial "The Mental Illnesses" video where Schziophrenia believes his tea was poisoned, the CIA is near, and that someone is reading his thoughts, all in quick succession. Aspects of TheSchizophreniaConspiracy also appear in other videos.
-->'''Schizophrenia''': [Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include] believing things that aren't really true.\\
'''Voices''': Like that the FBI is after you?\\
'''Schizophrenia''': No that's - that's not a delusion. That's real. They are.
* TalkingToThemself: Invoked and justified in "Schizophrenia Explains Schizophrenia". The audience knows [[NoFourthWall he's speaking to the viewer]]. InUniverse, it appears as if he's speaking to himself.
-->'''Anxiety''': Uh, Schizophrenia, who are you talking to?
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The [[HearingVoices voices in his head]] speak like this.

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[[folder:Sociopathy]]
!!Sociopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, ASPD
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->''"Sorry about that BPD. I mean, not actually, but I figured you'd appreciate the formality."''
Sociopathy is the personification of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Has a LackOfEmpathy. He's skilled with guns.
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* AccidentalTruth: He tells Schizophrenia that the neighbors next door might've bugged their house and are all laughing at them, which explains the sounds of laughter (that only Schizophrenia can hear). He only says this to feed into Schizophrenia's (alleged) delusions. [[spoiler: Unknown to Sociopathy, he's spot on]].
* ArtifactName: ASPD used to be called "sociopathic personality disorder", or simply "sociopathy", in previous editions of the DSM. As of the 3rd edition, it's called antisocial personality disorder. Yet this character is called "Sociopathy". This can be {{Hand Waved}} away as other characters are referred to with their common name rather than their DSM-approved name, such as Anxiety being called "Anxiety" instead of his full name, Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
* BrandishmentBluff: He tries to rob a fast food place with an empty gun.
* TheGunslinger: Uses guns frequently and is pretty good at them.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: He tends to fall into this category.
* ItAmusedMe: Encourages Schizophrenia’s delusions just to mess with him.
* LackOfEmpathy: Exaggerated in the first episode where Sociopathy can’t be bothered that the house might collapse and kill everyone, until Anxiety reminds him that “everyone” includes him.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit, referencing the fact that people with some form of ASPD are quite common in the top CEO world, or making fun of the stereotypes that emerged from that statistic.
* TheSociopath: It's in his name, after all.
* TheUnapologetic: Due to not being able to feel guilt, he tends to be this.
-->'''Sociopathy''': Sorry about that, BPD. I mean, not actually, but I figured you'd appreciate the formality.
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!!Chasm of Eating Disorders
Characters who reside in the Chasm of Eating Disorders.

[[folder:Pica]]
!!Pica
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->''"Are these bullets made of lead? Delicious!"''

The personification of pica. She habitually eats non-nutritive, sometimes dangerous things like hairties and lead. She lives in the Chasm of Eating Disorders.
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* BizarreTasteInFood: She describes lead (lead ''bullets'' for that matter) as "delicious".
* ExtremeOmnivore: Will eat ''anything'' if she were craving it.
-->'''Schizophrenia''': I would not touch [the Chasm of Eating Disorders] with a ten-foot-pole. Mainly because Pica would eat that pole.
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[[folder:Anorexia]]
!!Anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa
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The personification of anorexia nervosa.

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* DemBones: The disorder causes sufferers to have a distorted body image, leading to an obsession with losing weight. They may see themselves as overweight when they're average or even underweight. This causes serious health problems when the disorder worsens. Thus, Anorexia is represented with a skeleton.

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!!Other mental illnesses

[[folder:Bipolar Disorder ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Bipolar Disorder, Manic Depression
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[LaughingMad "Hahahahahaha!"]]'']]

The personification of Bipolar Disorder. At the end of episode 5, it's revealed the Depression who the Mad House helped bring to the Fountain of SSRI was Bipolar Disorder the whole time.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: When [[GloomyGray depressed]], he's in monochrome.
* LaughingMad: Laughing represents his mania.
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!!Neurotypicals
Characters with no mental disorders.

[[folder:In general]]

* TheGenericGuy: All the Neurotypicals appear to be the same, generic character. The "normal" people.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are multiple characters named Neurotypical.
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[[folder:Neurotypical (black shirt)]]
!!Neurotypical
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[[caption-width-right:300:"Have you tried drinking water?"]]

The Neurotypical with a black shirt appears early in the series. He was BPD's short-lived friend and works with Depression at their McJob.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Neurotypical tells Depression that his disorder "isn't an excuse", approaches Anxiety despite knowing Anxiety is clearly uncomfortable, tells ADHD to "just drink water!", and [[TheMentallyDisturbed generally doesn't regard the others' mental illnesses as serious problems]].
* UnexplainedRecovery: He's [[DestinationDefenestration thrown out of a window]] and lands with a big crash. But by the next episode, he's fine.

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[[folder:Frat House]]
!!Neurotypicals
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[[caption-width-right:300:"What I like most is laughing at their pain."]]
->''"It sure is great not being mentally ill!"''

The Neurotypicals who inhabit the Frat House live directly next to the Mad House. At the end of episode 3 "Laugh Track", it's implied they have bugged their neighbors to watch and mock them.
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* JerkJock: This is implied from the tank tops they wear and their attitude, along with them living in a literal [[WackyFratboyHijinx frat house]].
* ThePsychoRangers: They're the EvilCounterpart to the Mad House if one views them as evil.


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[[folder:Fountain of SSRI Neurotypicals]]
!!Neurotypicals, Horde of Neurotypicals, Depressions
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The Neurotypicals guarding the [[HealingSpring Fountain of SSRI]] appear to be neurotypical, but are actually medicated depressed people. They guard the Fountain of SSRI to keep the fountain contents for themselves.
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* DarkSecret: When Depression [[DramaticUnmask dramatically unmasks]] one of the Neurotypicals, he reveals they're not ''actually'' neurotypical, but are medicated. When the neurotypicals drink from the fountain, they replace the signs on their foreheads reading "Depression" with "Neurotypical".
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Their motivations for guarding the fountain.
* MacGuffinGuardian: They guard the Fountain of SSRI and prevent people from drinking from it. When Depression comes to the fountain, they fight him.
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!!Other characters

[[folder:[=JrEg=]]]
->''"Neurotypicide..."''

[=JrEg=] (pronounced "Junior Egg") is [blah blah blah]. He's heavily implied to be the same Jreg from ''[[Characters/JregCentricide Centricide]]''. It's possible he's the same AncientEvil Anxiety was describing at the beginning of "The Fountain of SSRI", but it's also possible he's one of the [[HearingVoices voices Schizophrenia is hearing]].

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* AncientEvil:
* NotQuiteDead: The Anti-Centrist Jreg was presumably killed in the finale of ''Centricide'' via [[spoiler: nuclear bomb]]. While Jreg physically was killed, the spirit of the anti-centrist/anti-status quo beliefs might've lingered on.

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[[folder:Bipolar Disorder]]

The Neurotypicals guarding the Fountain of SSRI appear to be neurotypical, but are actually medicated depressed people. They guard the Fountain of SSRI to keep the fountain contents for themselves.