Game Of Thrones Disorder

HBO’s television series Game of Thrones has characters with a lot of psychological disorders, in this paper I will discuss the issues or disorders these characters face starting with Tyrion Lannister who suffers from alcoholism which is a disorder that involves long-term, repeated, uncontrolled, compulsive, and excessive use of alcoholic beverages and that impairs the drinker’s health and social relationships. After throwing up from drinking too much he will still continue to pour another glass of wine. I think Tyrion is coping, due to the fact that his father Tywin Lannister hates. This can be seen in the show through his father’s demeanor, he even states that he hates his son because his wife died giving birth to him, and it doesn’t help …show more content…
According to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria a person with this disorder will have irritability, aggressiveness, perpetrating assaults, having disregard of safety for others, consistent irresponsibility, and lacking remorse for others all of which Joffrey has. In the show his lack of remorse and deceitfulness can be seen when he has ned stark beheaded in front of his daughter after he said he would show him mercy. After ned was murdered he a began to laugh when his soon to be wife sansa stark began crying hysterically. He shows irritability and impulsiveness after someone threw something at him and ordered his men to murder thousands of …show more content…
He only sees people as objects and thinks of ways to further his own causes for example, he knew that lady Aaryn loved him so he used her to his advantage. He convinced her to kill her husband so they can get married and finally be together. Little did she know that it was all a part of a plan to gain power. After they got married Lysa saw Baelish kissing sansa stark the daughter of the woman he truly loved so he pushed her down a moon door and told everyone that she was mental and jumped to her