Mental Diagnosis: Sasuke Uchiha

[kimb]

I agree with alot of what you said. For the apology bits I somewhat disagree. When you talk about how vague and lack of depth his apologies to Kakashi and Sakura are, you suggest that he doesn't have the emotions to carry out a full apology. I see it as an introvert who doesn't really know how to convey his emotions out to others, rather than lacking them.

But regardless I agree with your diagnosis and I feel like ALOT of characters need to see a psychiatrist lol.

Thanks, and I agree with you. The sincerity of Sasuke's apologies are really debatable. We would need to ask him about it to know how he truly felt.

 

[Dr Gilgamesh]

Not gonna lie, I expected a Sasuke bash thread at first, but this was a really good read and I agree with most of your points except for this:

Sign of Empathy?

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Some may argue Sasuke’s lack of empathy is bogus since he protected Naruto from one of Haku’s deadly attacks. You could say Sasuke protected Naruto out of empathy, but a series of experiments done by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D, a professor at the University of Massachusetts gives supportive evidence that psychopaths are more likely to take actions that would benefit other individuals on a same team, than to take actions that are equally beneficial that would only benefit the individual who took them. Sasuke possibly took Haku’s attack out of his own self-preservation, knowing that he would not be able to defeat Haku on his own.

I think he genuinely did that out of empathy. The scans below pretty much confirm that.

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If he only would've done that out of self-preservation, he wouldn't have thought back to all his moments with Naruto until then.

Not to mention this:

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He definitely felt empathy for others in Part 1, the lack of empathy you mentioned could've started to come during the timeskip tho.

 

[FemmeFatale]

He isn't , he was truly remorseful with sakura. Though kishi did imply that Sakura brings out his good side.

All throughout part 1 he showed genuine concern for sakura

 

[BlazeRelease]

Sasuke was merely looking for his true self, trying to see the world for what it is, not plagued by the emotions of others.

He lived his life for his life alone, until he found deeper meaning, and now travels the world to explore and better understand that meaning.

 

[roncato]

He's no psychopath, he's just a character, which was created by Kishi.

Why are you giving a diagnosis to a manga character ? That's just invalid.

I'd say his childhood was extremely hard and cruel, which formed him into this state, and led him to the wrong path.

 

[Pukkake Pokayo]

Yes. He is a nutty, schizo bastard.

 

[Dantee]

You get an A for effort.

 

[Xez919]

Great thread! You need to make more of these!

 

[Wabbit]

I wonder if Kishi studied psychopaths to create Sasuke.

 

[Xlad]

PSY-250 you say? What's the psychology course name?

Lmao! I have to rep and like you for applying psychology into this, as that's the field I'm studying right now.

 

[Lord Tywin]

Lol 90 users are viewing the thread
fantastic thread though. I agree

He isn't , he was truly remorseful with sakura. Though kishi did imply that Sakura brings out his good side.

All throughout part 1 he showed genuine concern for sakura

Really, Sasuke's apology to Sakura was truly felt by millions of fans throughout the world.

 

[Narutohokage324]

This thread is hilarious XD

 

[Nagi]

Mods are deleting people's post again. They wasn't totally negative at all.

 

[kimb]

He's no psychopath, he's just a character, which was created by Kishi.

Why are you giving a diagnosis to a manga character ? That's just invalid.

I'd say his childhood was extremely hard and cruel, which formed him into this state, and led him to the wrong path.

1. Sasuke is a character, but a character can be a psychopath. Ex. Joker from Batman, Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, even anime characters like Hummingbird from Deadman Wonderland. You should watch some seinen sometime.

2. Why? For the glory of satan of course. Jk, but seriously, its all for shits and giggles. I guess you could say I'm really into psychology.

3. Experiencing traumatic events as a child has correlation to levels of psychopathy according to most experts. Maybe I should put that in my next mental diagnosis.

 

[ANiMUS]

Didn't read, but wouldn't deny it. :|
I mean the dude has been through enough to warrant it.
Some of my favorite characters are psychopaths.

Kimbley
Yuno Gasai
Lelouch (for a time)
And I would need a textbook to figure out all that is wrong with Kaneki.

Anyway I will probably read this later and I look forward to u doing with other characters.
Personally I think the only psychologically sound member of Team 7 is Kakashi

It is weird now Naruto can even cure psychopaths :autoplay:

 

[kimb]

PSY-250 you say? What's the psychology course name?

Lmao! I have to rep and like you for applying psychology into this, as that's the field I'm studying right now.

Its called Abnormal Psychology, and I have to say, its pretty interesting stuff. I'm not majoring in psychology, but who knows, maybe in the future. Good luck with your studies, I hope you find it as interesting as I do.

 

[ANiMUS]

I've taken a recent interest in abnormal psychological behaviors and personality disorders, thanks to taking PSY 250. And what better way to explore my interest then by giving mental diagnosis of Naruto characters. I’m no professional psychologist, but with what I’ve learned, I’ll be able to give an amateur diagnosis provided with evidence of course.

WARNING: LONG AF

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Now I’m convinced that Sasuke Uchiha suffers from antisocial disorder and would be classified as Psychopath, which is simply defined as an individual with a complex personality disorder where an individual lacks regard for social normalcy, empathy, and remorse. Along with these traits, here are some common traits amongst psychopaths include;

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  manipulative
• charming
• Impulsive
• Violent
• lack of realistic long-term goals
• Sexual promiscuity
• Juvenile delinquency
• Irresponsible

Charming

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Sasuke has always been one of the most desired characters by fellow female ninja. With zero effort, Sasuke’s able to charm these women to the point where they’re willing to die for him. Although Sasuke shows no form of interest at these women throwing themselves at him, he does use his charm from time to time to manipulate them which is another trait of a psychopath. What may appear to be heartfelt moments from Sasuke are nothing more than lies.

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False: Sasuke stated this to Sakura approximately 12 years ago.

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Fact: This is how Sasuke truly perceives Sakura to be

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Junvenile Delinquency

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From leaving the village and joining Orochimaru, to leading Taka and attacking the Kage Summit; Sasuke has Junvenile Delinquency written all over him. Psychopaths are known to begin “acting out”, and have behavior problems during their adolescence. Around Sasuke’s age, a psychopath would have had several bad run ins with law enforcement.

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Sasuke rolling through the 6 with his woes.

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Lack of Empathy/Guilt

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Sasuke has betrayed his friends, joined the criminal organization known as the Akatsuki, wrongfully killed his brother, and caused his “best friend” Naruto to lose an arm, only to shed a single tear by the end of the series. Now there’s a common misconception that Psychopaths lack all emotion which is not true. Psychopaths are known to feel emotion, but those emotions are impaired, lack depth, and are not dwelled upon. Although they can somewhat feel these emotions, true remorse is absent.

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With no delay, Sasuke sacrificed Karin, one of his supposed team members with no sense of guilt or remorse. Quite impulsive if you ask me.

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Sasuke’s apology to Sakura could have been genieune and sincere, the emotions that sparked the apology were short lived. Note how the apology lacked elaboration. Sasuke did apologize for his actions, but could have felt no true remorse.

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Sign of Empathy?

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Some may argue Sasuke’s lack of empathy is bogus since he protected Naruto from one of Haku’s deadly attacks. You could say Sasuke protected Naruto out of empathy, but a series of experiments done by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D, a professor at the University of Massachusetts gives supportive evidence that psychopaths are more likely to take actions that would benefit other individuals on a same team, than to take actions that are equally beneficial that would only benefit the individual who took them. Sasuke possibly took Haku’s attack out of his own self-preservation, knowing that he would not be able to defeat Haku on his own.

Sexual promiscuity

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Sasuke has only been with one woman, resulting in Sarada. Regardless if that woman was Sakura or Karin, Sasuke had no form of romantic relationship with that woman. Notice throughout the entire Naruto series, Sasuke has shown literally no form of interest in any female, nor any male for that matter. It’s not uncommon for an anime character, yet alone an actual human being to have little to no romantic interest in other people, but for Sasuke, it a appears depper than that. Since psychopaths lack emotional connection and empathetic feeling, they see no use in having a relationship since they’re incapable of relying on another individual. This is not to say psychopaths can’t have “urges” and “desires”, it’s just that their urges and desires are channeled via other methods; power is one of them.

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Sasuke shows no interest in Karin
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Violent

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We don’t really have to discuss this do we? Ever since the beginning of the series, Sasuke has always handled his problems through violence. I can understand that he lives in a ninja world, so there’s always going to be violence, but he always resorts to violence. Note Sasuke’s fights are always the bloodiest and most gruesome.

• Itachi killed my parents? Kill him.
• Konoha made Itachi kill my parents? Kill them.
• Danzo had a part in this? Kill him.
• Kages are getting in my way to Danzo? Kill them.
• Juubi causes problems? Kill it.
• My only friend stands in my way of my goals? Talk about it JK, kill him.

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Allow me to remind you that this is a shonnen. Lmfao.

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With all the evidence, I’m convinced Sasuke’s a psychopath and I guarantee you there are more connections you can make on your own. If you have any thoughts or counter arguments, please share. I’d be more than interested to see what you have to say. I’ll give any links to my sources if asked for.

Ok, I have looked over this thread and its r wrong in some key areas. I know Sasuke had issues, but a lot of your examples go against the manga representation and instead applies your own skewed viewpoint.

-rep

 

[Defence]

Good summary.

Sasuke is mentally fragile. Not like Madara who is totally soundautoplay

 

[Xlad]

Its called Abnormal Psychology, and I have to say, its pretty interesting stuff. I'm not majoring in psychology, but who knows, maybe in the future. Good luck with your studies, I hope you find it as interesting as I do.

Abnormal Psychology? That's pretty sweet. I might have to take it again along with three different courses in a graduate school I got accepted into.

You can look into courses such as Research Methods and/or Social Psychology if you're interesting in this kind of field. I assume you are taking general education classes, no?

Thanks! I hope the best for you as well.

 

[Sage konohamaru]

Too long, I gave up therefore didn't read