Lord Disick Analysis

Scott Disick goes about his life with a loud flamboyancy that most would consider to be shallow. However, possibly due to his life in the shadow of his makeshift wife and her A-List family, he claims to suffer from a serious social anxiety disorder. He strains to make himself appear as the obnoxious celebrity subtype, flaunting his riches and expensive possessions, when in fact he is only gilded with an exterior confidence.
Disick is in a constant state of upward social comparison. He is persistently surrounded with a cult-like group of arguably some of the most famous socialites in the world. How could one compete with an “it” family such as the Kardashians? Sure, he would become wealthy, famous, and no doubt live comfortably for the rest …show more content…
By forming his counter-identity of “the Lord,” Scott is subconsciously challenging himself to live up to the identity and the characteristics that “Lord Disick” possesses, because he secretly does not think he is worthy of the lifestyle and company he is so deeply immersed in.
His deep-seeded stress and multidimensionality cause a serious inconsistency in his behavior that is obvious to the public eye. One minute, he is the uncontrollable, obnoxious, drunken Scott that nobody can relate to, and the next he is withering away from the people he is not familiar with. He fears he can’t fit in. Normative social instinct tells us we all have a subconscious need to be liked; maybe Scott Disick’s is more defined, and therefore almost unmanageable.
It is valid to argue that it all stems from depression, seeing as how his inconsistency has increased with the death of his parents and his recent separation from long-time girlfriend and mother of his three children. In his world, the closely knit group of people he could truly be himself around have all seemingly left him, thus leaving behind a greater percentage of people to be anxious and uncomfortable